2015.7.1

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Denim_23 Left and right 99.80.2 (corset), 98.83.1 (ensemble), 99.83.6 (coat ensemble), 2015.72.2 (dress), 2015.72.1 (jacket), 2015.66.1 (jeans), 2015.7.1 (ensemble), 2007.19.2 (black jeans), 2010.37.12 (dress), 2003.45.2 (ensemble), 2007.25.2 (bag)

Power_Mode_10 Left to right 90.179.1 (t shirt wall), 2016.20.10 (jacket), 2016.20.12 (jeans), 2016.20.1 (top), 2016.20.3 (shorts), 2015.7.1 (ensemble), 2016.71.1 (t shirt), 2016.82.9 (dress)

Denim_10 Left to right 2015.66.1 (jeans), 2015.7.1 (ensemble), 2007.19.2 (black jeans)

Object: Ensemble

Brand: Gucci (Italian, founded 1920)

Designer: Tom Ford (born 1961)

Date: Spring 1999

Medium: Grey cotton, blue denim, feathers, orange cotton canvas, black leather, metal, dark red silk satin, seed beads, bugle beads, elastic, and turquoise synthetic material

Country: Italy

Credit Line: Gift of Gucci

Object number: 2015.7.1

DescriptionEnsemble; top, jeans, handbag, shoes; grey cotton knit long sleeve top; distressed light blue denim jeans with brown and white feathers at lower leg and hand beaded trim; Jackie Bag in orange cotton canvas and black leather; sling back shoes with geometric pattern hand beading overall in white and red / brown

Label Text:In 1999, Tom Ford showed ripped, distressed, and embellished jeans as part of his spring Gucci collection. Ford was inspired by the way hippies personalized denim during the 1960s, but these are luxury jeans, not protest wear, and cost up to $3,800. More shocking was that the first shipment sold out even before it reached the stores.

Exhibitions:

Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
Power Mode
Denim: Fashion’s Frontier

2015.7.1

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