labelled, the ivory satin trouser suit with a double-breasted jacket; matching trousers with turn-ups; with matching cream crêpe de chine sleeveless bodice; rouleau tie belt; a pair of Layne Neilson outsized pearl stud earrings; a modern ropes of pearls and a pair of Ferragamo textured gold canvas 'My Flats' (qty)
Literature: 'The Rudi Gernreich Book' Peggy Moffitt & William Claxton pp 8, 9 61, 64 for images of Peggy wearing this suit and jewellery.
Exhibited:
‘The Total Look - The Creative Collaboration between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton’ - Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, Feb 26 - May 27, 2012, Scad Museum of Art, June 22 - Oct. 7, 2012; Cincinnati Arts Museum, Feb 28 - May 24, 2015,
Gernreich loved playing with gender and androgynous pant suits became one of his leitmotifs.
‘Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich’ Phoenix Art Museum, April 7-September 26, 2021
1960s