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Jacket

Jacket
 1988 {La Concierge Est Dans L’Escalier/The modern retros collection, spring-sum}

Medium
wool, nylon (lace, cord), polyester (satin), triacetate, plastic (beads), metal (fastening)
Measurements
48.0 cm (centre back) 68.0 cm (sleeve length)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work

Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring–summer 1988 collection took inspiration from the 1987 film La Concierge est dans l’Escalier (The Concierge is on the Staircase), referencing pre-war French cinema and the futuristic universe of director Marc Caro. The collection also fused 1980s power dressing with traditional men’s suiting fabrics. During the runway presentation, Gaultier’s own concierge was positioned next to the runway in front of a television set before chasing models off the runway with a broom at the end of the show.