Object: Man's jeans
Designer:
Claude Sabbah
Date: 2000
Medium: Embroidered blue cotton denim, cotton, and white nylon
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Kelly Mills and Claude Sabbah
Object number: 2013.62.8
DescriptionThe Heavenly American Stars Alladin Pants; navy blue oversized denim jeans with embroidered white stars overall; drawstring waist, white nylon cord tie; CF zipper; flap welt pockets; drawstring at cuffs, yellow and black shoe lace ties
Label Text:Claude Sabbah’s designs pull references from street style, military uniforms, and Sabbah’s native Morocco. Here, Sabbah embroidered a pair of “sagged” jeans with stars reminiscent of the American flag, then dressed them with a top inspired by a bulletproof vest to give the ensemble an immediate political charge. Eminem was photographed wearing a similar look in Hip-Hop Connection magazine in 2000.
Exhibitions:
- Denim: Fashion’s Frontier