Suit

Whitaker & Company

1940 · wool · Costume Institute

This suit features the up-to-the-minute style and color for a well-dressed gentleman in 1940; the wide lapels with exaggerated peaks are particularly noteworthy. Made by a very exclusive men’s tailor; the subtle piping effect at the edges of the lapels and collar is achieved with delicate overstitching and is particularly refined.

Artist

Whitaker & Company

Date

1940

Medium

wool

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1974