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Look 9, duvet coat

Look 9, duvet coat
 1999 {autumn-winter 1999–2000}

Medium
cotton, down (goose), shell (buttons), metal (fastenings)
Measurements
146.0 cm (centre back) 58.0 cm (sleeve length)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, blank white cotton tacked in white at corners
Notes: This is the entirety of above label, it is a blank label with tacking stitches at each corner.
label, right shoulder seam, woven in black on white synthetic fabric; MADE / IN / ITALY / M
Accession Number
2020.599
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift’s Program, 2020
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work

In 1999, Maison Martin Margiela collaborated with Italian bedding company Featherlite to create the house’s ‘duvet coats’, which have since gone on to become a signature style for the house. Look 9, duvet coat is an original runway piece from the autumn–winter 1999 collection. Enveloping the body like a cocoon, it repurposes a ubiquitous object as clothing.