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Corset


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Brand: Junior Gaultier

Medium: Cotton denim
Date: c. 1992
Country: France
Credit: Museum purchase
French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has often used denim in his work. As a pioneer of underwear-as-outerwear, Gaultier here used denim to fabricate a corset, shaping the denim around the body so that the stiff rows of top-stitching function as boning.
Object Number: 99.80.2
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