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Title:
Suit worn by Marc Bolan
Object name(s):
Theatre costume
Brief description:
Gold lamé jacket and trousers, the jacket with black lamé collar and pocket flaps, made by Granny Takes a Trip and worn by Marc Bolan.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Entertainment & Leisure
Credit line:
Given by Jeff Dexter at Wizard Artists
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011EV4586/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
mounted
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
1550
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
mounted
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
600
Dimension:
Depth
Dimension measured part:
mounted
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
400
Material:
lamé
Object name:
Theatre costume
Object number:
S.75&A-1978
Object production date:
ca.1972
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1967-01-01
Date - latest:
1976-12-31
Object production organisation:
Granny Takes a Trip
Organisation's association:
makers
Object production place:
London
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Gold lamé jacket and trousers, the jacket with black lamé collar and pocket flaps, made by Granny Takes a Trip and worn by Marc Bolan.
Reproduction number:
2011EV4586
Reproduction number:
2011EV4583
Reproduction number:
2011EV4582
Reproduction number:
2011EV4585
Reproduction number:
2011EV4584
Responsible department/section:
T&P
Technique:
machine stitching
Technique:
Lamé
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Gold lamé suit worn by Marc Bolan, made by Granny Takes a Trip, ca. 1972. Marc Bolan wore the suit jacket during the recording of the LP Tanx, in August 1972. The boutique, Granny Takes a Trip, founded by John Pearse, Sheila Cohen and Nigel Waymouth, opened in the King's Road, Chelsea, in 1966. It closed in 1974, but the name was acquired by Byron Hector and it continued to operate from new King's Road premises until 1979.
Text reason:
Summary description

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8375496d-f363-3968-84da-b805bb574f1f

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8375496d-f363-3968-84da-b805bb574f1f, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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