Object: Ensemble
Designer:
Jean Paul Gaultier
(born 1952)
Date: Fall 2001
Medium: Antique Chinese silk, bugle beeds, seed beads, stones, brown suede, and leather
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2005.68.2
DescriptionEvening pants set; Chinoiserie blouse / bodysuit in black patterned antique Chinese silk overbeaded with scattered black seed beads and with the floral and abstract motifs of the woven pattern, in multicolor small bugle beads, seed beads, and stones; tan suede straightleg pants with shaped midriff panel and self covered buckle belt; couture
Label Text:Jean Paul Gaultier began designing couture in 1997, while also continuing the ready-to-wear line that he founded in 1982. The designer regularly repurposed cast-off garments to create one-of-a-kind designs—a technique that he attributed to his early work with Pierre Cardin. The bodice of this couture ensemble is fashioned from a Chinese garment known as a qipao, the antique silk of which was heavily beaded by artisans in the designer’s atelier.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion Unraveled
- Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation
- Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme