This is a custom-made, grey and black tweed hounds tooth two-piece suit created by noted Beatles tailor Douglas Millings. The jacket bears a black and silver embroidered D. A. Millings & Son logo label affixed to the interior lining of the jacket. The interior breast pocket contains a white D.A. Millings & Sons tag with “John” handwritten on the label. The trousers are finely finished with “John” handwritten twice on the interior lining below the zipper.
The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, brought the group to London tailor Doug Millings in an effort to make them more visually palatable to the pop audience he felt they could reach. Millings created and crafted a majority of the Beatles stage clothing from 1962 through 1966, as well as numerous articles of clothing they wore off stage.
In March 1964, Madame Tussauds debuted their first set of Beatles wax figures that were dressed in a set of specially commissioned collarless Millings-made suits. Lennon later provided this suit to Madame Tussauds in London for use in a future display the museum. A letter from Madam Tussauds accompanies the lot. Both the jacket and trousers are in very fine condition. This is a rare opportunity to own a full suit from one of the most important artists of all time.
