Object: Jumpsuit
Designer:
Jean Paul Gaultier
(born 1952)
Date: Fall/Winter 1995-1996
Medium: Nylon and spandex blend
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 96.66.1
DescriptionSpeed racer style jumpsuit with hood in printed nylon and spandex stretch knit in a pixel optical effect design in gold, olive, purple and gray; engineered fit to conform to body contours; square panel at back bodice with cyber face image; padded shoulders; attached half foot stirrup with open toe; CF zipper closure
Label Text:Jean Paul Gaultier drew inspiration from the science fiction film Mad Max (1979) when creating his winter 1995/1996 collection. Here, he has capitalized on the fitted nature of knit spandex to create a cyber-age second skin. The brightly colored dots of the computer-generated print mimic the contours of the body.
Exhibitions:
- Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
- Fashion and Technology
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997