Tick-a-Tee
Tick-a-Tee Kiddies Wear was a British children's clothing manufacturer that operated in Maryport, Cumbria, from 1939 to 1987.
Tick-a-Tee was founded in 1939 by Max Steiner, who left Vienna in 1938 following the Anschluss.[1] Early on, they received a contract from Marks & Spencer, and at their peak were employing 300 people.[1]
A 1948 buster suit is in the permanent collection of London's Victoria and Albert Museum.[2] A 1973-74 pantsuit is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nyburg, Anna (2020). The Clothes on our Backs: How Refugees from Nazism Revitalised the British Fashion Trade. Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. pp. 176–179. ISBN 9781912676378.
- ^ "Tick-a-Tee Kiddies Wear". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Pantsuit". The Met. Retrieved 9 September 2024.