pantsuit, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1957-1962
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Corbin
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: maker
content: Corbin
notes: label: Description
content: Pink pincord; JACKET - notched lapels; buttonhole tab, right side of collar and buttons under collar edges; 4 button center front opening; long set-in sleeves with 2 button trim; welt breast pocket; flap pockets with additional smaller flap ocket above on right; shaped body; side vents in back; lined in white taffeta; SHORTS - Bermuda; waistband with 5 belt loops; fly front with zipper; side seam pockets with slanted openings; watch fob pocket; tabs, with end butckle, below waistband across upper back
label: Description
content: Label text: Gentlemen's trousers and walking shorts / by Corbin, Ltd. / New York / Sports & Country Clothes / Lord & Taylor / Fifth Avenue / "Washing and Wear" / Dacron and Cotton
label: Description
content: Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. American Look was developed to promote American designers. Booth says she was instrumental in convincing Corbin Ltd. to produce a woman's line of clothing. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: made in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.021
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pant Suit, 2-piece
label: Object Name
content: pantsuit, 2-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Pantsuit
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: jacket center back: 27 in; 68.58 cm
label: Measurements
content: short inseam: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm