Vintage 1950s Olive Green Velvet Suit Jacket Skirt UK S country has quite heavily padded shoulders

has quite heavily padded shoulders with rear-slanted seams

Size: Marked UK 6 (please check measurements below)

& is perhaps a little stiffer than it was when new - there is faint yellowing around the collar & cuff edges - the buttons are slightly crazed

Inside leg: 33 1/2" (85cm)

better suited to a maximum 32" bust size) Please check measurements below:

Vintage 1950s Olive Green Velvet Suit Jacket Skirt UK S country has quite heavily padded shouldersA stylish vintage early 1950s 2 piece skirt suit from 'Arthurs of Maidstone', made from rayon velvet fabric in an olive green colour. The jacket has a shawl collar, medium padded shoulders, Princess seams at the back & a nipped in waist to give a fitted silhouette, & long sleeves with pointy turn back cuffs ; it fastens with 3 self covered buttons & is lined with rustly copper acetate. The 3 gore skirt is cut straight at the front & bias at the back