Man’s Tweed Suit, c. 1885

Presented as part of a Master of Fine Arts thesis
Thesis title: Beauty, Brains and Bloomers:
Fashion and Reform, 1850-1910
Boston University School of Theater (2005)

Wool tweed "University" jacket and knickerbockers,
silk velvet waistcoat.

This suit is based on research into fashions worn by
social reformers and members of the Aesthetic
movement in the late nineteenth century.