Collection item
Sports jacket & flared pants
This sports jacket, shirt and flared trousers were worn by Geoffrey Bailey in the 1970s. At this time, Sargood, Son & Ewen Ltd held a licence to make the Australian label, Bisley shirts, in New Zealand. Read more about 1970s fashion in the New Zealand Fashion Museum publication The Age of Aquarius: A 70s Revolution in Fashion.
Details
Credit:
Jacket and pants courtesy of Geoffrey Bailey, shirt courtesy of Eloise Watts
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Unknown
Manufacturing location:
Wellington (jacket), Auckland (shirt and pants)
Garment type:
Jacket, shirt, pants
Material:
Intarsia knit fabric (jacket), crimplene (shirt), polyester (pants)
Features:
Jacket style is loose fitted and inspired by fashionable safari suit styling with large external pockets
Colour:
Brown, cream, earthy colours
Purchase location:
Auckland
Label:
Vance Vivian (jacket), Bisley (shirt), John Webster (pants)
Date:
Early 1970s
