This is a Ben Zuckerman jacket, once paired with a skirt, in a gorgeous red. The jacket is double breasted, with leather-look buttons, and interesting seaming around the neck, jacket opening and bottom of the jacket.
The jacket has 4 pockets and is made of the most incredible material- a single colour tweed that gives the appearance of a window-pane check. Amazing!
Photos courtesy of *dirty_laundry*

This is a Ben Zuckerman cocktail coat in the heaviest, richest green velvet. It is double breasted and has the classic Zuckerman jewelled buttons that make the coat out of the ordinary. I suspect this coat is made of silk velvet, which is simply silk woven into a velvet which leads to an incredibly soft and luxurious velvet, with a very high price tag. It is almost impossible to find 100% silk velvet today but it was used more frequently in the past.

Photos courtesy of Kleopatra's Kloset.

This is a really interesting ad from The New Yorker, 1957.
The ad is for Bigelow Rugs and Carpets and features a model wearing a Ben Zuckerman suit and a Lilly Dache hat. The suit is navy, with a calf length skirt and a jacket that nips slightly at the waist and has 3/4 length sleeves. The model is perfectly accessorized with a mink hat and matching stole as well as pearl earrings, navy court shoe and tan gloves.
It is hard to imagine anyone nowadays getting this dressed up to clean the carpets. Even in the 1950's I doubt many woman would don this outfit to clean, however they still would have likely worn a dress and been more put together than we would expect someone doing housework to be.

An undated ad, likely from the 1940's, featuring a Zuckerman and Kraus suit. It has the larger shoulders that is typical from an early 1940's suit, with a knee length skirt.
While formal rationing of clothing was never put into place in the United States (unlike in Britain, where clothing was strictly limited and all extraneous trims were forbidden) during World War II, clothing manufacturers still tried to limit waste and fashions changed more slowly as it was seen as unpatriotic to be wasteful. This suit jacket has only 3 buttons and the skirt is very plain, which would not date as quickly.

From Town & Country Magazine, 1957- an ad for Juilliard Woolens.
'A return to the elegance of velvety texture.... Juilliard's superb  smooth-faced coating in fall's first colour. Cut in an exciting shape, a new length by Ben Zuckerman. At Saks Fifth Avenue, all stores, Best's Apparal, Seattle'
'Look for this label, Juilliard 100% Virgin Wool because 'Fine fabrics are the foundation of fashion.'

Virgin wool is wool that is spun for the first time. Shoddy is wool that is 'recycled' or re-spun from existing spun wool.

This is a Ben Zuckerman suit, in camel hair, with a large fur collar in what is possible fox. The jacket is boxy, and double-breasted, with pockets near the waist. The skirt has a banded waistband and is a typical Zuckerman- simple in design to allow the jacket to shine.
Camel hair is a type of cloth made from camel hair, and is classified as a specialty hair fibre. The outer protective fur (guard hair) is coarse and inflexible and can be woven into haircloth. Guard hair can be made soft and plush by blending it, especially with wool. The camel's pure undercoat is very soft, gathered when camels molt in the warmer seasons, and is frequently used for coats.
Photos courtesy of Cur.io Vintage.

This is another picture of the fantastic Ben Zuckerman coat that Princess Grace of Monaco wore when she arrived in Monaco to marry Prince Rainier. Not seen is the matching dress worn underneath.
This outfit has a special meaning to me. I have always admired Princess Grace and it is through my interest in her that I discovered Ben Zuckerman. More than any outfit by Zuckerman, I would love to own this one. Unusually, Princess Grace did not commission a one-of-a-kind outfit for her arrival in Monaco, rather she bought this outfit 'off the rack', so it is possible that there are other copies of this ensemble out there. A girl can dream!