Trousers, jeans

A pair of men's faded cotton, flared, denim jeans. There is a zip at the front with a shaped pocket opening on either side. The inside of both pockets is lined with cotton. Each pocket has a small copper rivet at either end of the front opening.
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.