Suit

F. Cruwys

1933 · wool · Costume Institute

The well-dressed man of the 1930s was particularly concerned with impeccable cut and fit, which could only be achieved through custom tailoring and labor-intensive workmanship. This three-piece business suit by the highly regarded French tailor F. Cruwys shows that attention to detail, especially in the diamond-shaped piecing at the center back and the four-inch diagonal back darts.

Artist

F. Cruwys

Date

1933

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 Stanley Mortimer, 1974