
Lot Closed
June 12, 03:14 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 USD
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Description
(Paul Newman)
Newman's Orange Flight Suit
Flight suit, made by Flite Wear Land Mfg. Co., Wichita, Kansas (size: men's Medium Long). Orange cotton twill, button adjustments at waist with multiple zippers and pockets.
Paul Newman's flight suit. Both the color and style of the suit are strikingly similar to Newman's racing suit. In 2014, Katherine Bernard penned an article for Vogue title "How Paul Newman Made a Jumpsuit Look Sexy." Praising Newman's style, of his casual cool Bernard writes: "Well, perhaps this isn’t the kind of jumpsuit you’d wear while behind the wheel of a Formula One—or NASCAR-grade vehicle, but the silhouette looks straight from the track—or at least the garage. It’s tailored just right: fitted at the shoulders and slim at the ankle, the zipper pulled down with sexy nonchalance."
REFERENCES:
Katherine Bernard, "How Paul Newman Made a Jumpsuit Look Sexy," in Vogue, 10 November 2014: https://www.vogue.com/article/paul-newman-embellished-jumpsuit
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