{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O153786"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153786/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2012FL0434/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2012FL0434/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2012FL0434","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Jim O'Connor for Mr Freedom","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O153786","accessionNumber":"T.217-1974","objectType":"Boiler suit","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Multi-coloured cotton boiler suit. Green bodice, blue sleeves, blue and yellow collar, black waistband, and red trousers. There are two yellow breast pockets on top, and two yellow patch pockets on the trousers.\r\n\r\nFront button fastening with five large red buttons. Top-stitched in red cotton.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"O'Connor, Jim","id":"A20940"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Mr Freedom","id":"A4619"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Cotton","categories":[{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Men's clothes","id":"THES49043"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2012FL0434"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"011","id":"THES306675"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Boiler suit","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"retailed","id":"x30772"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1970","earliest":"1970-01-01","latest":"1970-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mr Paul Getty Jr.","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"Size 34","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Mr Freedom / Made in England'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed label, pink and blue"}],"objectHistory":"Probably worn by Talitha Getty (1940-1971); donated by Paul Getty Jr along with a number of other clothes worn by his second wife. Talitha Getty was known for her eclectic fashion sense, where she combined clothing by contemporary designers with caftans, scarves, shoes and accessories from Turkey, Palestine and North Africa that she probably picked up in the course of her travels. She also sometimes incorporated menswear into her wardrobe, such as this jumpsuit (most likely intended by the designers to be an unisex garment) which buttons in the masculine manner. (DMC, 03/06/2026)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Cotton boiler suit, designed by Jim O'Connor for Mr Freedom, retailed in London, 1970","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Ready to wear","id":"THES48866"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Talitha Getty","id":"C5444"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.217-1974"],"accessionNumberNum":"217","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1974,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-06-05","recordCreationDate":"2008-04-29","availableToBook":true}}