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

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

with wear & holes at the neck back & some popped stitches at the top of the kick vent - there is a hole at the bottom of the left inside facing near the hem

They are cut in the correct manner with no outside leg seams

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