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This is a full 11 piece Clown Costume from Costumes by Betty Made in the USA in St. Paul Minnesota. The costume comes with a Jacket (with shoulder pads and a kick pleat, black polyester lining, 2 pockets), Pants (zipper and snap closure and Vest, Shirt, Tie, socks, suspenders, a persons hat and a small dog hat, and Spears Leather Clown shoes.
Socks are Happy Creation Brand
The hats, tie, and suspenders are not branded also comes with a clown skull cap with fringe wig
See photos for condition, the costume is the in excellent condition. Detailed patches and smudges on the costume to make it a Tramp Clown Costume (think Emmett Kelly).
Most probable window of manufacture is 1980s–mid-1990s. This aligns with the height of her work supplying professional clowns, clown conventions, and the fabric/aesthetic of your plaid patchwork design.
Jacket
Chest 46 inch
Length 31 inches
Arm length shoulder to cuff 21 inches
Vest (Twill with polyester lining black with multi color patches elastic on the back sawtooth front with V neck and 3 buttons)
Chest 38 inch
Length 22 inch at back sawtooth front at 25 inches
Shirt (long sleeve t-shirt)
Chest 43 inches
Length 29 inches
Sleeve length shoulder to cuff 21.5 inches
Pants (made short to show off long socks also loop on inside of the waist band)
Waist 38 inches
Inseam 21.5 inches
Shoes
A 10½-inch (10.5”) interior insole length on these vintage leather clown shoes corresponds to a smaller adult size—roughly equivalent to a US Men’s 6–8 or Women’s 7–9 range for fitting purposes
Hat 23 inches interior circumference of band