Tuesday, October 10, 2017

A Selection of Menswear in The Darnell Collection

Along with thousands of women's garments and accessories, the collection boasts some wonderful menswear as early as 1860 and as recent as 2008. Designers like Pierre Cardin, Versace and Thom Browne are included along with clothes by bespoke tailors from England, Italy and America.
Here are a few wool pieces I included in my story for www.merino.com

Cricket outfit from Cambridge University, 1920s

Pierre Cardin, 1960s

American Sack Coat, c. 1870s

4 piece suit by Thom Browne, 2008

Wool cape with ornate frog closure and velvet collar, 1860s

Great wool gentleman's cape, 1860s