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Title |
Cerise Going Away Jacket, 1962 |
Object Name |
Jacket |
Description |
Cerise Going Away Jacket, c. 1962. Cerise shantung bolero-cut jacket with three-quarter length sleeves, and mandarin collar. Jacket has three large pearlescent plastic buttons, 1.375 inches in diameter, and welted buttonholes down front. Jacket is lined in cerise silk and has two white makers labels inside. |
Date |
1962 |
Catalog Number |
2020.002.003B |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Creator |
I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, CA |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Inscription Text |
"I. MAGNIN & CO." (embroidered in light grey on white makers label, affixed to interior of collar, " I. MAGNIN" is in larger font ); "UNION LABEL / INT'L. LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION" (stamped in blue on white label, around a circular logo: "AFL-CIO / LGWU" ) (on proper right side of interior of jacket.) |
Provenance |
This is the Going-Away jacket worn by Diane Green Tokheim in her 1962 wedding. (Part of a collection including costume material worn by Grace Blick Green who moved from San Francisco to Hillsborough in 1916 and attended San Mateo High School; Donated by Diane Green Tokheim. ) |
Notes |
"Changing wedding ensembles may seem like a recent trend, but it actually has a long history in the modern American wedding. As early as the 1930s, brides would change at the close of their reception into a "going away dress" for their grand exit, where guests would wish them well as they headed off to their honeymoon. Typically their going away dress would be some sort of chic bridal-inspired skirt and jacket suit set." [https://www.thespruce.com/two-wedding-dresses-the-when-and-why-of-this-style-trend-3489917 ] "Shantung silk is produced from wild silk, and therefore it has had very little or no sericin removed, the gummy substance that clings to silkworm thread within the cocoon. This results in the thicker and heavier appearance of shantung silk, as well as its lower cost compared to more processed silk." [ http://fabricsinternational.wikifoundry.com/page/Shantung] |
Dimensions |
H-17.5 W-32.25 D-0.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
buttons are1.375 inches in diameter |
Search Terms |
Fashion Honeymoons Jacket San Mateo County Silk Silk Industry Tokheim, Diane Green Wedding |
Subjects |
Honeymoons Jacket Silk Silk industry Wedding costume Weddings |
People |
Tokheim, Diane Green |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Diane Green Tokheim |