The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
1320.2016.1
Perfectos Jacket
11/05/2016
Hermione Cooper
23/05/2016
Perfectos zipped waterproof jacket with detachable hood. Two buttoned pockets outside and one zipped pocket inside. Studded side vents.Nylon front zip.
nylon, cotton
86(L) x 62(W) cms
1
On inside label " PERFECTOS MADE IN SCOTLAND WATERPROOF AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING PERFORMANCE GUARANTEED FRIOCKHEIM, ANGUS, SCOTLAND" and laundry instructions
blue,grey, tartan
Douglas Fraser & Sons (Manufacturing) Ltd.
Friockheim, Angus, Scotland
Douglas Fraser & Sons were actually an engineering company based in Arbroath, but one of the Frasers, Keith, set up a small textile company along the road at Friockheim in the 1960’s when the original company was sold.
Perfectos was a range of outdoor clothing produced by the Frasers until they went out of business in the 1980’s. It was good, robust clothing with a healthy market, certainly in Scotland, but as with many clothing companies from that era, the Gore-Tex revolution eclipsed them.
Our donator, Bruce McCullough, bought the jacket in 1988 - “My Perfectos jacket served me magnificiently from 1988 until recently”
Recently was in 2020 when Bruce passed it on to us after 32 years loyal service.
Donated by Bruce McCullough
11/05/2016
Fair
11/02/2020
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
23/05/2016