A Penfield Gilet

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

A black Penfield gilet with a cream and tartan lining and poppers down the front and on the pockets on a wooden hangar.

A black Penfield gilet with a cream and tartan lining and poppers down the front and on the pockets on a wooden hangar.

Name/Title

A Penfield Gilet

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/LTMLTS/016

Tags

Clothing, Letter To My Little Trans Self, Fashion

Collection

Letter To My Little Trans Self

Category

Fashion

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

DISGUISER OF BOOBS, HIDER OF CURVES, VANQUISHER OF FEMININITY - I WORE THIS PUFFER ARMOUR ALWAYS, REPLACED IT EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS LOST OR WORN. THERE WAS A TIME I THOUGHT I WOULD BE BURIED IN IT.