1923 Grey jersey suit
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1920-1924 A grey wool jersey suit
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The back of the suit
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Detail showing the button
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Detail of the contrast pattern
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The label in the back neck of the jacket; the ends of the white ribbons covering the darts can be seen at each side
Description
The wool jersey is quite heavy, and the geometric border pattern is knitted in pink floss silk. All the pieces have been knitted to shape.
There are 6" long vertical darts down the fronts from the point where the shoulder seams meet the collar, and these are covered on the inside by white silk ribbon, ½" wide. There are also horizontal darts each side of the side seams along the top of the pattern, 7" up from the hem; they are 4½" long on the fronts and 4" long on the backs. The front panels above are slightly gathered in to the darts to give a bloused effect at the sides.
The pink pattern is 7" deep round the jacket hem, 4" deep on the sleeve ends, and covers all of the sailor collar; this is 16" wide at the back where it is 6½" deep at the centre, narrowing to 5½" at the front edges.
The jacket is fastened with one shallow domed button covered with a larger version of the pink patterned jersey; it is 4½" in from the left front edge, with a worked loop in the grey wool on the right front edge.
The skirt has inset panels at the centre front and centre back under top-stitched lips, ⅝" wide. The panels are about 9" wide, and have the pink pattern, 7¼" deep, at the hem.
There is no difference between the front and back; the top has a 1" wide band of ribbed grey wool stitched on, over elastic which is now quite weak.
A label sewn inside the back neck of the jacket says The Armstrong.
Contemporary illustrations
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Fashion drawing on the cover of Weldon's Illustrated Dressmaker, May 1923
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Fashion drawing in Weldon's Illustrated Dressmaker, May 1923
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Fashion drawing in Weldon's Illustrated Dressmaker, May 1923
