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60S-603
Price: SOLD
MOD! 3 PIECE 60's VINTAGE EDWARDIAN STYLE VESTED SUIT - HARDY AMIES - SAVILE ROW - 42L
Fine late 1960's vintage MOD SAVILE ROW, HARDY AMIES vested suit. Camel tan wool. 60's Edwardian styled 4 button suit. Wide lapels with stand/fold collar. 4 bound and flap pockets. Deep vent center back. Long sleeves flare at cuff with vent and double cuff link type button. Full rayon/acetate lining. Six button vest. 2 welt pockets upper, 2 bound and flap pockets lower. Tan rayon sharkskin belted vest back. Cream rayon/acetate lining. Flat front continental style pants. Two stylized zip tabs left and right waist sides. Hook tab waist closure. Inset pockets at side seams. One bound hip pocket with loop. No belt loops. Extraordinary MOD design from the renowned HARDY AMIES.!
Label:
A HARDY AMIES Design
Tailored by Hepworths
Hardy Amies is a British-based fashion house specializing in modern luxury menswear. He became managing director at Lachasse, London, at the age of 25, in 1934. In 1945 Virginia, the Countess of Jersey (erstwhile Hollywood film star and the first Mrs. Cary Grant), who had been a former client during Hardy's days at Lachasse, financed Hardy Amies move to Savile Row. Amies is best known to the British public for his work for Queen Elizabeth II. the award of a Royal Warrant as official dressmaker in 1955 gave his house respect and publicity. In 1967, Amies was commissioned by director Stanley Kubrick to design the costumes for his film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The collection allowed Amies to design totally futuristic fashions.
Approximate Measurements:
Jacket
Chest - 44"
Shoulders, measured from seam to seam across back yoke - 19"
Sleeves, measured from seam to cuff edge - 26"
Center back length, measured from collar fold to hem edge - 33"
Vest
Chest - 23"
Back length - 24"
Slacks
Waist - 36" (1" to let out)
Outseam length - 39"
Inseam length - 29 1/2"
Hem - 1"
Condition:
EXCELLENT condition. Jacket shows faint soil mark by side seam, seen only on close inspection. Lining shows some light age discoloration. Vest shows soil marks at lining armholes, and faintly at back armholes. Pants show tiny inconspicuous weave repair back and tiny fray at pocket corner. Generally suit is in excellent condition.
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