Object: Skirt
Date: c. 1970
Medium: Cotton denim and brown suede
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of the Nancy Hariton Gewirz Collection
Object number: 2016.20.4
DescriptionDistressed cotton denim jeans maxi skirt embellished with appliqued denim clouds and brown suede Sanskrit script, gold stitching
Label Text:“As anybody who owns a beloved old pair old blue jeans will tell you, you just don’t throw them away when they’re frayed and tattered,” stated the New York Times in 1973. “Connoisseurs insist that denim, like wine, improves with age.” The article suggested inserting panels of fabric to transform worn jeans into a skirt, a technique exemplified here.
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- Fashion Unraveled