Jacket
Brand
Maison Martin Margiela
(French, founded 1988)
Designer
Martin Margiela
(born 1957)
Spring 1997
Linen
Museum purchase
Object number2008.91.1
Martin Margiela produced some of the most thought-provoking fashions. His work often featured extreme deconstruction and cast-off objects repurposed to make something entirely new. While this tunic clearly mimics the look of a typical couture dress-form, it probes concepts of the ideal body and the standardization of fashion.
DescriptionSleeveless dress form tunic / jacket of beige linen molded after standardized dress form, with high band collar, hook and eye CF closure from neckline to hem, and printed with 42 at neck, and SEMI COUTURE / PARIS / BREVETE.S.G.E.G. 35059 at hem.Exhibitions