Man's set
Designer
Claude Sabbah
2000
Green cotton denim, black nylon, and Velcro
Gift of Kelly Mills and Claude Sabbah
Object number2013.62.6
Claude Sabbah’s designs pull references from street style, military uniforms, and Sabbah’s native Morocco. Here, Sabbah embroidered a pair of “sagged” jeans with stars reminiscent of the American flag, then dressed them with a top inspired by a bulletproof vest to give the ensemble an immediate political charge. Eminem was photographed wearing a similar look in Hip-Hop Connection magazine in 2000.
DescriptionMan's dark teal green denim set; vest, pocket; The Samurai Monk Bulletproof Vest; padded vest with vertical quilting and epaulettes with black ribbed nylon straps and Velcro; detachable flap patch pocket with black ribbed nylon strapsExhibitions