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The outfit was often completed with a straw boater.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>Striped jackets were originally worn for cricket, tennis and rowing and became fashionable for seaside wear during the 1880s.  The infiltration of sporting dress into informal styles of clothing shows how social conventions were relaxing in the late 19th century.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>Conventions in dress applied to informal as well as more formal wear. It was important to be dressed appropriately for the occasion. One gentlemen's etiquette book, <i>Manners for Men</i>, by Mrs Humphry ('Madge of  Truth'), published in 1897, writes that: <br><br>'There are special suits for all kinds of outdoor amusements, such as shooting, golfing, tennis, boating, driving, riding, bicycling, fishing, hunting, &c., but into the details of these it is unnecessary to enter.  It may be remarked, however, that it is easy to stultify the whole effect of these, however perfectly they may be built 'by the tailor' by the addition of a single incongruous article of attire; such as a silk hat or patent boots with a shooting-suit.'","physicalDescription":"Man's three-piece boating suit","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x40131"}],"techniques":[{"text":"tailoring","id":"x39134"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Cream wool with blue pinstripe, hand- and machine-sewn","categories":[{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"},{"text":"Men's clothes","id":"THES49043"},{"text":"Sport","id":"THES48893"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AM1000"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"FLR","id":"THES396495"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"FLR","id":"THES396495"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"FLR","id":"THES396495"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jacket","id":""}],[{"text":"Trousers","id":""}],[{"text":"Waistcoat","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1890-1900","earliest":"1890-01-01","latest":"1900-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Dr C. 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This style became so popular that the Gentleman's Magazine of 1884 remarked: 'Every man with a grain of respectability, on the river puts on white trousers, with white flannel shirt, straw hat, striped flannel coat'.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["T.113-1934","T.113A-1934","T.113B-1934"],"accessionNumberNum":"113","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1934,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jacket","Trousers","Waistcoat"],"assets":["2019LM5733","2019LP9231","2019LP1763","2019LU6293","2019LV7181","2019LV5199"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-04","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}