
1970s · 1960s · British
Designer
Take Six
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
mohair
Culture
British
Movement
Mod · Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
Mod tailoring · Continental suit styling
A charcoal gray mohair suit featuring a double-breasted jacket with six buttons arranged in two columns of three. The jacket displays a structured, slim-fitting silhouette characteristic of 1960s tailoring, with peaked lapels and a fitted waist. The mohair fabric creates a subtle lustrous surface texture. A vibrant purple shirt and tie provide striking contrast beneath the jacket. The matching trousers appear straight-legged with a clean, narrow cut. The overall construction demonstrates precise British tailoring techniques, with sharp shoulder lines and clean finishing details that reflect the modernist aesthetic of mid-1960s menswear.
That starched white collar, with its knife-sharp edges and ceremonial formality, carries the same DNA as the 1970s suit's aggressively structured lapels — both are exercises in architectural precision that announce their wearer's seriousness.


That starched white collar, with its knife-sharp edges and ceremonial formality, carries the same DNA as the 1970s suit's aggressively structured lapels — both are exercises in architectural precision that announce their wearer's seriousness.


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These two pieces reveal the enduring architecture of British tailoring's most formal expression — the double-breasted suit that refuses to yield its authority. The charcoal mohair coat from the first image carries that distinctive military bearing in its peaked lapels and precise button stance, while the navy suit below maintains the same disciplined silhouette but trades swagger for boardroom sobriety.