Helmet bag
2006 {autumn-winter, 2006-2007}
- Medium
- fibreglass, cotton, metal, leather, plastic, nylon
- Measurements
- 23.0 × 19.0 × 27.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- label, lining, printed in ink on white cotton: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
- Accession Number
- 2020.602
- 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
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This is one of only three original versions of this bag, which has since been put into production by the fashion house. It features a black motorbike helmet outer and a nude leather lining and took fifteen hours to manufacture. This work embodies one of Margiela’s core philosophies as a designer: reimagining the possibilities of materials to create works of value.