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Olive Green Tonic Wool Mod Suit Jacket
1960s · 1960s · British
Designer
Hawkes & Co.
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
tonic wool
Culture
British
Movement
Mod · Space Age
Influences
Italian slim tailoring · mod subculture styling
A slim-cut suit jacket in olive-toned tonic wool with a subtle iridescent sheen characteristic of the fabric's weave structure. The jacket features a narrow notched lapel, three-button front closure, and flap pockets positioned low on the hips. The silhouette is lean and geometric, typical of 1960s mod tailoring, with minimal shoulder padding and a fitted waist that follows the natural body line. The tonic fabric creates a color-shifting effect between olive and grey tones depending on light angle. Construction shows machine-stitched seams with clean finishing typical of ready-to-wear menswear. The overall proportions reflect the youth-oriented fashion revolution of the Space Age era.
jacketregular fithip length
Connected To
Movement·ModMovement·Space Age
SHAREDsame era · cross-culture · cross-category
Both pieces pulse with that unmistakable 1960s confidence in synthetic perfection — the olive jacket's tonic wool catching light like an oil slick, the red coat's synthetic weave holding its geometric windowpane pattern in crisp, unforgiving lines. The jacket's narrow lapels and boxy silhouette speak the same architectural language as the coat's structured A-line and contrast navy piping, both garments treating the body as a geometric form rather than something organic to drape.
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