Object: Set
Designer:
Halston
(1932 - 1990)
Date: 1980
Medium: Wool
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Alva Chinn
Object number: 96.119.11
DescriptionJogging suit; bomber style jacket and matching tapered leg pants in red wool
Label Text:Halston believed that “super-rich women love color,” and although he used many colors, his signature was red. He was probably influenced by red’s historic prestige. As Charles Blanc wrote in 1877: “Red is an expression of dignity, magnificence, and pomp.”
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion