This pink wool suit dates from 1963. The skirt is a typically simple design and the jacket is single breasted and trimmed in black at the collar, hem and pockets.
This beautiful suit was sold at Dayton's Oval Room. Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. In 1969, the Detroit-based J.L. Hudson Company merged with the Dayton Company to form the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, adding 21 Michigan-based stores to the total. In 1990, the department store division of Dayton–Hudson acquired Chicago-based Marshall Field's. Both Dayton's and Hudson's retained their individual store names until 2001, when they were united under the Marshall Field's nameplate. From 2006 to 2017 the store was operated under Macy's. The flagship store closed in 2017.
The Oval Room was for the highest end clothing, with many French labels as well as the very best customer service.
Photos courtesy of Goldstein Museum of Design