Medium: Wool

Date: 1991

Country: France

Credit: Gift of Richard Martin

​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.

Object Number: 91.256.1