99.80.2

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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)

Object: Corset

Brand: Junior Gaultier

Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier (born 1952)

Date: c. 1992

Medium: Cotton denim

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 99.80.2

DescriptionDark blue denim corset / vest; shaped with multiple panels, underwire bust and CB lacings; gold metal logo buttons, CF; topstitched in tan

Label Text:French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has often used denim in his work. As a pioneer of underwear-as-outerwear, Gaultier here used denim to fabricate a corset, shaping the denim around the body so that the stiff rows of top-stitching function as boning.

Exhibitions:

Denim: Fashion’s Frontier