Black & white houndstooth pantsuit

Eloise Watts was 54 in 1970 and an hotelier for most of her working life. She married Victor Watts, an expatriate East Londoner, who became a highly respected liquor industry stalwart, well-known locally and abroad. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s they ran the Civic Tavern in Auckland’s CBD, establishing its London Bar, a jazz hub with a great variety of punters and “one of... more

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Eloise Watts
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Alma Kimber
Manufacturing location: Chancery St, Auckland
Garment type: Pantsuit, blouse
Material: Double knit jersey, printed cotton
Features: The unlined jacket has bracelet length bell sleeves. The blouse is sleeveless and finished at the neck with ties that can be knotted loosely or tied in a pussy bow.
Colour: Black, white, red, cinnamon, tones of orange, yellow
Purchase location: Auckland
Label: Southwell
Date: 1970s