- Title
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- Double-breasted aviator's coat.
- Description
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- Includes back view.
- Printed on image: "PILOT'S COAT" "designed by Pearl Alexander" "André 570 - 7th Ave. New York City Nov. 25, 1940"
- This coat was designed in an age of aviation firsts and achievements. The collar and belt are patterned after the long leather coats worn by pilots flying open-cockpit aircraft. A winged propeller insignia is on the sleeve, and the goggles-like sunglasses also support the aviation motif.
- Date
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- 1940-11-25
- Spring 1940-1941
- Identifier
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- W 725
- 2015855
- 5f0be860-c5d3-012f-865f-58d385a7bc34
- Rights
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- This image is the property of the New York Public Library and was originally digitized as part of the collaborative project, “André Studios 1930-1941: Fashion Drawings & Sketches in the Collections of the Fashion Institute of Technology and The New York Public Library.” Any questions regarding reuse of this image should be directed to the New York Public Library (please see: http://nypl.org/permissions). Users can additionally locate the NYPL copy of the image in their Digital Collections (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/) and consult the associated rights statement.
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- Citation
- Alexander, Pearl Levy [Designer] and André (Firm) [Creator], “Double-breasted aviator's coat.,” SPARC Digital, accessed October 14, 2024, https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/10606.
