Object: Man's ensemble
Brand:
Tommy Jeans
(American)
Designer:
Tommy Hilfiger
(born 1951)
Date: 1999
Medium: Gold metallic nylon, black cotton denim, and white cotton
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Tommy Hilfiger USA
Object number: 99.122.2
DescriptionMan's quilted gold metallic nylon outerwear jacket, black quilted denim ski pants lined in polar fleece, and white cotton long sleeve T-shirt with Hilfiger logo printed in black and red
Label Text:Tommy Hilfiger’s “skiwear-meets-streetwear” is an example of the sports-inspired clothing of the 1990s. Young, urban men picked up on this look, which became especially popular in the hip-hop community. In his 1997 book, All-American, Hilfiger noted that their adoption of athletic garments was “one of the most significant fashion statements of the nineties.”
Exhibitions:
- Denim: Fashion’s Frontier
- Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme
- Sporting Life
- Trend-ology