Medium: Cotton, faux fur, and faux reptile

Date: Fall 2016

Country: France

Credit: Gift of Xuly-Bet

Since 1991, Parisian designer Lamine Kouyaté of Xuly.Bët has been using the street as both inspiration and performance space. In 2015, he staged a guerrilla show in New York. Kouyaté utilizes the subversive street setting to counterbalance his commercial success, separating his defiantly attention-grabbing designs from the fashion establishment.

Object Number: 2016.16.1