Peacock suit with matching shirt pants and jacket

Unidentified · late 20th century

A peacock suit with a matching shirt (a), pants (b), and jacket (c). The shirt (a) has a 1.25” wide band collar made from one panel of cotton fabric. There’s a 6” opening on the proper left neckline/shoulder area of the shirt that closes with two black metal snaps. There is one panel for the front of the shirt and one panel for the back, seamed together at the side seams. Each short sleeve is one panel, sewn to itself at the inner arm and has a 1” wide top stitch border at the cuff. There is a 6” x 6” pocket at the proper left side made from one panel of fabric and a double folded .25” hem at the bottom. The inside of the short is unlined. The plain weave cotton has an allover pattern of dark blue and magenta peacocks against a light blue background with dark blue peacock feathers and magenta teardrop shapes.