Suit

Phil's Men's Shop|Pierre Cardin

1973 · wool · Costume Institute

The lapels, pocket flaps, and bell bottom pants characterize the exaggerated style of the early 1970s by an avant garde designer, Pierre Cardin. This suit is also an excellent example of early designer branding which began in the 1970s, displaying their names on buttons, linings, and in decorative embroidery.

Artist

Phil's Men's Shop|Pierre Cardin

Date

1973

Medium

wool

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Drew, 1988