SMITHSONIAN
Brown Pinstripe Wool Suit Jacket and Skirt
1960s · 1960s · American
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool pinstripe
Culture
American
Movement
Space Age
Influences
1960s geometric tailoring
A structured wool pinstripe suit jacket featuring a classic notched lapel collar and three-button front closure with cream-colored buttons. The jacket displays precise tailoring with a fitted silhouette that follows the natural waistline, characteristic of 1960s professional wear. The olive-brown base fabric shows fine vertical pinstripes in cream, creating subtle texture and visual interest. Two patch pockets sit at hip level, maintaining clean lines. The jacket's construction demonstrates machine tailoring typical of ready-to-wear suiting of the era, with crisp edges and structured shoulders that reflect the decade's shift toward more geometric, architectural silhouettes in women's professional attire.
jacketregular fithip length
Connected To
Movement·Space AgeWorn with·matching skirt
SHAREDsame era · cross-culture
These two 1960s jackets reveal how the Space Age movement's clean geometry translated differently across the Atlantic. The brown pinstripe blazer with its sharp lapels and structured silhouette captures American ready-to-wear's embrace of mod minimalism — all business-like precision in that crisp tailoring and utilitarian button stance.
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