Ensemble
Brand
Gucci
(Italian, founded 1920)
Designer
Tom Ford
(born 1961)
Spring 1999
Grey cotton, blue denim, feathers, orange cotton canvas, black leather, metal, dark red silk satin, seed beads, bugle beads, elastic, and turquoise synthetic material
Gift of Gucci
Object number2015.7.1
In 1999, Tom Ford showed ripped, distressed, and embellished jeans as part of his spring Gucci collection. Ford was inspired by the way hippies personalized denim during the 1960s, but these are luxury jeans, not protest wear, and cost up to $3,800. More shocking was that the first shipment sold out even before it reached the stores.
DescriptionEnsemble; top, jeans, handbag, shoes; grey cotton knit long sleeve top; distressed light blue denim jeans with brown and white feathers at lower leg and hand beaded trim; Jackie Bag in orange cotton canvas and black leather; sling back shoes with geometric pattern hand beading overall in white and red / brownExhibitions
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