2001.23.1

Images (5)

Body_18 Left to right 2017.20.1 (dress), 2002.16.1 (black dress), 79.66.40 (jumpsuit), 85.109.9 (unitard), 89.64.51 (ensemble), 88.134.28 (jacket), 91.256.1 (sweater), 2001.23.1 (shirt)

Body_16 Left to right 2017.20.1 (dress), 2002.16.1 (black dress), 79.66.40 (jumpsuit), 85.109.9 (unitard), 89.64.51 (ensemble), 88.134.28 (jacket), 91.256.1 (sweater), 2001.23.1 (shirt)

Body_08 Left to right 88.134.28 (jacket), 91.256.1 (sweater), 2001.23.1 (shirt)

Object: T-shirt

Brand: W. & L. T. (Belgian, founded 1993)

Designer: Walter Van Beirendonck (born 1957)

Date: 2000

Medium: Stretch cotton

Country: Belgium

Credit Line: Gitf of Walter Van Beirendonck

Object number: 2001.23.1

DescriptionMuscle T-Shirt; long sleeve cotton stretch knit with full scale print of male torso, graphically depicted in shades of beige, brown and black; semi fitted at waist, invisible right shoulder zipper

Label Text:This Walter Van Beirendonck shirt plays on the hard, gym body ideal that developed within gay culture during the 1980s. Beirendonck originally designed the shirt for U2 front-man Bono to wear during the band’s 1997 PopMart tour.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

The Body: Fashion and Physique
A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk