P88.45.2

Images (6)

Tailor_19 Left to right P88.45.2 (tartan ensemble), 89.131.1 (dress), 87.137.1(ensemble)

Tailor_13 Left to right 79.169.8 (shoes case), 76.27.2 (grey pantsuit), 86.101.17 (beige suit), 91.255.4 (tuxedo), P88.45.2 (tartan ensemble), 89.131.1 (tartan dress), 87.137.1 (tartan ensemble hidden), 89.89.1 (pastel ensemble), 90.59.4 (shoes case), P87.14.2 (hat case)

Tailor_15 Left to right P88.45.2 (tartan ensemble), 89.131.1 (tartan dress), 87.137.1 (tartan ensemble), 89.89.1 (pastel ensemble), 90.59.4 (shoes case), P87.14.2 (hat case), 87.113.1 (bag case), 84.190.1 (shoes case)

Tailor_7 Left to right 2002.22.1 (textile wall), P88.57.2 (suit), 78.55.23 (plaid suit), 95.57.7 (white dress), 68.143.137 (shoes case), 80.130.31 (hat case), P90.87.9 (boots case), 91.181.13 (flag scarf wall), 81.204.1 (textile wall), 84.79.1 (purple suit), 84.23.1 (suit hidden), 2001.55.1 (striped suit), 91.210.34 (shoes case), 89.54.21 (green hat case), 79.169.8 (shoes case), 76.27.2 (grey pantsuit), 86.101.17 (beige suit), 91.255.4 (tuxedo hidden), P88.45.2 (tartan ensemble), 89.131.1 (tartan dress), 89.89.1 (pastel ensemble), 90.59.4 (shoes case), P87.14.2 (hat case), 87.113.1 (bag case), 84.190.1 (shoes case)

Object: Man's ensemble

Designer: Vivienne Westwood (British, 1941 - 2022)

Date: Fall 1988

Medium: Tartan plaid wool and cotton

Country: England

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P88.45.2

DescriptionScottish influence men's ensemble: Tartan jacket and matching kilt, contrasting plaid baldric, white cotton shirt, sporran, black wool beret, and ivory wool knit Aran pattern socks

Label Text:After the Peacock Revolution, male dressing returned to its customary staid appearance. However, moments of exuberance did infrequently break away from prevailing trends as with the gender-bending styles of Jean-Paul Gaultier, whose fetishized suits for men appropriated women's dressmaking techniques, and Vivienne Westwood, whose tartan suit with kilt is seen here. Westwood has often been drawn to traditional symbols of British history, such as tartan and tweed, yet the end result is far from conventional.

In Collection(s)

Menswear

Exhibitions:

The Tailor's Art
London Fashion
Tartan