Object: Skirt
Retailer:
Serendipity
(American)
Date: c. 1972
Medium: Cotton denim
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Stephen Bruce
Object number: 78.100.14
DescriptionFloor length flared jeans skirt; faded blue cotton denim, made from two pairs of used jeans
Label Text:This skirt is made from a pair of pre-owned jeans that have been cut along the inseam and sewn together using a panel of denim fabric. Constructing a skirt in this manner originated during the hippie movement and was emblematic of the hippies’ devotion to recycling and sustainable methods of production. This style eventually spread into mainstream fashion via trendy boutiques like Serendipity.
Exhibitions:
- Denim: Fashion’s Frontier
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997