Object: Man's sweater
Designer:
Jean Paul Gaultier
(born 1952)
Date: 1991
Medium: Wool
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Richard Martin
Object number: 91.256.1
DescriptionGrey wool man's muscle sweater.
Label Text:Jean Paul Gaultier created the likeness of a muscular, male torso on the surface of this sweater. It is a play on the idealized “hard” body that became fashionable during the 1980s. However, Gaultier used padding and wool to make a soft, cozy physique in which the wearer could wrap himself.
Exhibitions:
- The Body: Fashion and Physique
- His and Hers