Suit owned by Vernon Reid: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A bespoke silk suite owned by Vernon Reid. The suit has a green jacket (2021.92.5a) and a pair of green pants (2021.92.5b). The cuffs of the jackets have a single button. The front has a single buttonhole. The interior of the jacket is lined with dark green silk and has two interior pockets. The pants have a tapered elastic waste with belt loops. The pants have two front pockets and a single back pocket.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Vernon Reid, American, born 1958
• Subject of: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
• Type: suits
• Medium: silk (fiber), thread, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2021.92.5a): 32 1/2 × 23 × 1 1/2 in. (82.6 × 58.4 × 3.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2021.92.5b): 45 3/4 × 15 1/4 × 1/2 in. (116.2 × 38.7 × 1.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.92.5ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Vernon Reid
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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