Shirt

Pale green cotton safari shirt, part of a suit by Take 6. It has short sleeves and two patch pockets on the breast.
Sidney Brent opened Take 6 in Carnaby Street in 1966, and later established branches in Wardour Street and on the King's Road. The boutiques sold well made copies of designer clothing at reasonable prices. French designer Ted Lapidus made the safari suit a fashion item during the 1960s.
The donor, Peter Viti, was born in Bloomsbury in 1936. He attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts, then entered into a partnership making costumes and props. He eventually went into the family business of letting property. Viti calls himself ‘a bit of a dandy’. He purchased clothing from the boutiques which revolutionised men’s fashion in the 1960s. Viti recalls the London gay scene both before and after the legalisation of sex between consenting men in 1967, considering that things became a little easier for gay men as attitudes slowly changed.