92.182.2

Images (4)

Unraveled_12 Left to right 98.140.1 (jacket), 2008.80.3 (coat), 91.254.23 (skirt), 78.100.8 (denim dress), 2015.47.1 (blazer overalls), 92.182.1 (boots), 92.182.2 (bustier)

Unraveled_24 92.182.1 (boots), 92.182.2 (bustier)

Unraveled_20 Left to right 98.140.1 (jacket), 2008.80.3 (coat), 91.254.23 (skirt), 78.100.8 (denim dress), 2015.47.1 (blazer overalls), 92.182.1 (boots), 92.182.2 (bustier)

Object: Bustier

Brand: Maison Martin Margiela (French, founded 1988)

Designer: Martin Margiela (born 1957)

Date: Spring 1990

Medium: Painted coardboard

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Richard Martin

Object number: 92.182.2

DescriptionWhite painted bustier with cardboard collage

Label Text:Margiela’s “bustier” is crafted from layers of street posters using a pâpier-maché-like technique. Similar to the designer’s painted boots, the bustier highlighted the process of disintegration when worn on the body. While Margiela recycled scraps of paper to create his garment, the design references the less earth-friendly trend for disposable paper clothing during the 1960s.

Exhibitions:

Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
Fashion Unraveled