2010.55.1

Images (3)

Platform featuring Twentieth century Latin American designers in the exhibition ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today. From left to right: 78.147.3 (green gown), 93.129.10 (black dress), 98.102.5 (bag case), 77.190.28 (hat case), 2005.71.3 (green dress), 2005.48.8 (black dress), 2010.63.1 (black and red dress), 98.38.2 (coat), 2010.55.1 (red suit), 98.84.1 (sketch case)

From left to right: 2010.63.1 (black and red dress), 98.38.2 (coat), 98.84.1 (sketch case) and 2010.55.1 (red suit)

Object: Suit

Brand: Zero + Maria Cornejo (founded 1998)

Designer: Maria Cornejo

Date: 1999

Medium: Wool mohair

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Zero + Maria Cornejo

Object number: 2010.55.1

DescriptionTwo-piece suit in red wool mohair, jacket or Pod shrug cut from two curved pattern pieces seamed with opening for arm with a dropped shoulder, short sleeve, bubble back jacket with a curved high front waist at CF, form fitting skirt with side seams that spiral from front hip to back ending at hem at princess seam point, two invisible zippers at front openings

Label Text:Maria Cornejo opened her first store in 1998. Her early work was influenced by Japanese avant-garde designers—she stated that she admired “their cutting, and the fact that they also broke new ground.” The jacket of this inventive suit design is crafted from curved pattern pieces that arc softly around the body.

In Collection(s)

1990s

Exhibitions:

Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today