Harmon Knitwear label, the suit of black wool jersey with fine white pinstripe, comprising: a double-breasted jacket; a pair of matching trousers; with a cream wool jersey shirt; a zigzag patterned button on kipper tie; and a black trilby hat, bust approx 91cm 36in, waist 66cm, 26in (5)
George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.
Literature: 'The Rudi Gernreich Book' Peggy Moffitt & William Claxton p 138, for a similar George Raft suit in a tan colorway, photograph by William Claxton
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,
‘Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich’ Phoenix Art Museum, April 7-September 26, 2021
1960s