Coat
2015 {spring-summer 2015}
- Medium
- polyester nylon, polyester (satin), silk (satin), polyester cotton (netting), silk (tulle), pvc, conch shells, acrylic resin, nylon (lace), silk cotton (cord), cotton, glass (beads), metal (fastenings)
- Measurements
- (a) 95.5 cm (centre back) 61.0 cm (sleeve length) (coat)
(b) 201.0 cm (centre back) 50.0 cm (waist, flat) (bustle) - Place/s of Execution
- France
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back neckline, printed in black on white cotton: (two rows of numbers)
- Accession Number
- 2023.724.a-b
- 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 Gifts Program, 2023 - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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Ever-present in John Galliano’s 2015 spring–summer Artisanal collection is his understanding and execution of historical tailoring and construction. Look 10, a dramatic floor-sweeping coat, reinterprets familiar features of his graduate collection such as the coin-covered buttons and highwayman collar. Galliano also references cavalry and military aesthetics in the cut of the coat while playfully embellishing the work with Second World War and nineteenth-century solider figurines, creating an uncanny landscape in miniature.