2012.19.1

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Denim_07 Left to right 86.151.1 (jacket and skirt), 2012.19.1 (beaded ensemble), 2013.36.2 (jacket hidden), 2015.63.1 (jeans), 90.150.20 (light jeans), 2015.51.9 and 2015.51.8 (top and jeans), 91.256.2 and 2010.74.29 (sweater and jeans), 92.10.2 (ensemble hidden), 99.122.2 (gold coat ensemble), 2013.62.6 and 2013.62.8 (ensemble hidden), 2000.86.1 (jeans), 93.58.78 (poster)

Object: Man's ensemble

Brand: The Gap (American, founded 1969)

Brand: Levi Strauss & Co. (American, founded 1873)

Brand: Calvin Klein (American, founded 1968)

Designer: Nicola Bowery

Date: 1989

Medium: Cotton denim, paillettes, beads, and cotton knit

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Freddie Leiba

Object number: 2012.19.1

DescriptionMan's light blue denim ensemble; sleeveless jeans jacket and jeans hand beaded overall with large iridescent paillettes in light blue, royal blue, silver and gold with a clear bead at each center; coordinating black cotton knit t-shirt

Label Text:Worn to the 1989 Love Ball (one of the first AIDS fundrarisers), this costume was designed by Nicola Bowery, wife of Leigh Bowery.

In Collection(s)

Menswear
1980s

Exhibitions:

Denim: Fashion’s Frontier