COSTUMES
France: Paris [?]
Skirt for suit (woman's)
1958 - 1959
Plain weave; Twill weave
Wool; Metal zipper, hook, and eye
Elizabeth Bayley Willis Collection
TC 79.30-15, t2

The jacket design was probably heavily influenced by Christian Dior's A or trapeze line of 1956. The silhouette fell from fitted shoulders in a full, wide A shape. The waist and hips of the slim skirt were fitted. Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and the Sears and Roebuck catalogue referred to this garment as a 'walking or strolling suit. -- Label copy for Suiting the 20th Century Woman, Penthouse Theatre, May 9,1981 to May 16,1981.