2008.91.1

Images (12)

Global_13 Left to right 2008.91.1 (jacket), 2015.46.1 (coat ensemble), 2007.54.1 (ensemble), 2010.97.65 (top and pants), 2015.33.1 (ensemble)

Exhibitionism_6 Left to right 2017.53.1 (black ensemble), 2008.91.1 (jacket), 77.21.4 (coat), 81.24.9 (orange pantsuit), 77.57.2 (dress)

Fashion A-Z (II)_31 Left to right 2008.91.1 (jacket), 2010.77.1 (dress), 2003.52.2 (halter dress), 74.25.1 (blue dress)

Fashion A-Z (II)_32 2008.91.1 (jacket), 2010.77.1 (dress)

Exhibitionism_4 Left to right 2017.53.1 (black ensemble), 2008.91.1 (jacket)

Object: Jacket

Brand: Maison Martin Margiela (French, founded 1988)

Designer: Martin Margiela (born 1957)

Date: Spring 1997

Medium: Linen

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2008.91.1

DescriptionSleeveless dress form tunic / jacket of beige linen moulded after standardized dress form, with high band collar, hook and eye CF closure from neckline to hem, and printed with 42 at neck, and SEMI COUTURE / PARIS / BREVETE.S.G.E.G. 35059 at hem.

Label Text:Martin Margiela produced some of the most thought-provoking fashions. His work often featured extreme deconstruction and cast-off objects repurposed to make something entirely new. While this tunic clearly mimics the look of a typical couture dress-form, it probes concepts of the ideal body and the standardization of fashion.

Exhibitions:

The Body: Fashion and Physique
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
Global Fashion Capitals
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)