Suit

The Walter Bugbee Company

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This example of an early-20th century men's business suit includes such enlivening details as curved western pants pockets and double topstitching on the pants side seams, lapels, cuff seams and pockets. This suit is the earliest in the collection for which there are handwritten notations on the customer label listing the client's name and garment date.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art