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Lime Green Linen Suit Jacket with Notched Lapels
1950s · 1950s-1960s · American
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
linen
Culture
American
Movement
Atomic Age
Influences
1950s American suiting · post-war prosperity fashion
A lime green linen suit jacket featuring classic 1950s tailoring with notched lapels and a structured shoulder line. The jacket displays a six-button front closure with buttons arranged in a slightly curved line, characteristic of mid-century formal menswear. The construction shows clean, pressed lines with defined chest and waist shaping typical of Atomic Age suiting. The jacket includes flap pockets and appears to have a cream or white lining visible at the interior. The lime green color represents the bold, optimistic palette embraced during the post-war prosperity period, when synthetic dyes allowed for vibrant new color options in men's formal wear.
jacketregular fithip length
Connected To
Worn with·dress shirtWorn with·necktie
SHAREDcross-culture
These suits speak the same language of bold color confidence, separated by two decades and an ocean. The lime green linen jacket's relaxed American ease—note those soft shoulders and the casual drape—gave way to the mustard wool suit's sharper British precision, with its more structured silhouette and that unmistakable '70s wide-leg trouser.
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