Jacket with boutonnière from a suit worn by Reverend Ike

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

2020.49.2.1a: A black pinstripe suit jacket designed by Brioni and worn by Reverend Ike. The double-breasted jacket is black with thin pink pinstripes. It features a proper left breast pocket, two side pockets with flaps, and seven, black, plastic, jacket buttons including two side-by-side at the front middle of the proper right side. Threaded through the buttonhole on the proper left lapel is a pink fabric rose boutonnière (2020.49.2.1b) held in place with a straight pin. The back of the jacket features a 10.5” back vent. The interior lining of the jacket is primarily solid black with woven graphic of a polo player in a repeating pattern above woven text that reads [Brioni]. The sleeves are lined with plain white silk. There are two proper left, and one proper right, interior pockets. Sewn above the proper left interior breast pocket is a black label stitched to the jacket with red thread.

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