Man's jeans
Designer
Claude Sabbah
2000
Embroidered blue cotton denim, cotton, and white nylon
Gift of Kelly Mills and Claude Sabbah
Object number2013.62.8
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.
DescriptionThe Heavenly American Stars Alladin Pants; navy blue oversized denim jeans with embroidered white stars overall; drawstring waist, white nylon cord tie; CF zipper; flap welt pockets; drawstring at cuffs, yellow and black shoe lace tiesExhibitions