Navy blue tweed jacket

George Vance and Harold Vivian opened the menswear store Vance Vivian in Wellington in October 1924. During the next three decades they expanded to open stores in Auckland, Christchurch, Upper Hutt and Masterton. This jacket is made from imported English wool tweed.

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Fiona Ralph
Copyright: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand License
Designer: Unknown
Garment type: Men's jacket
Material: Wool tweed
Features: The jacket has woven leather buttons.
Colour: Navy
Label: Vance Vivian Guardsman
Date: Circa 1971