KTA: A rare Rudi Gernreich `Japanese Schoolboy’ ensemble, American, Autumn-Winter, 1967, labelled Rudi Gernreich for Harmon Knitwear, comprising belted black wool Eton-style tunic with scarlet bow to neck and cream collar, matching shorts, knee-socks and a hat with large turned-up brim labelled `Layne Nielson for Rudi Gernreich’, chest 97cm, 38in, waist 53cm, 21in; and a picture of Peggy Moffitt wearing a similar ensemble, (6) The sixties obsession with youth is reflected in Gernreichs nostaligic take on children’s clothing for this cute, gamine ensemble. cf `The Rudi Gernreich Book’, p.131 for a picture of Peggy Moffitt wearing an identical ensemble.
(Source: invaluable.com)
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