Object: Man's set
Brand:
Exhaust
Date: 1991
Medium: Cotton and painted cotton denim
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Richard Martin
Object number: 92.10.2
DescriptionMan's casual set: white cotton shirt printed with large black and multicolor landscape; blue denim jeans with wide tapered leg, printed with large light purple and multicolor travel / landscape design and repeated words
Label Text:This ensemble is an example of a “click suit” worn by male members of the “Raggamuffins,” a street-style subculture during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Fans of “Ragga” music, the “Raggamuffins” developed a unique style of constructing garments, in which denim played a central role. As fashion historian Ted Polhemus explains, “click suits” would be “made of an intricate patchwork of shredded or stone-washed denim decorated with appliqué or rich brocade.”
Exhibitions:
- Denim: Fashion’s Frontier