Terms and conditions of use
Singlet, loincloth and hat
1993
- Medium
- cotton (jersey, denim), leather, rubber, metal (fastenings)
- Measurements
- (a) 56.5 cm (centre back) 43.0 cm (waist, flat) (singlet)
(b) 26.5 cm (centre back) 40.0 cm (waist, flat) (loincloth)
(c) 7.0 cm (height) 21.0 cm (width) 62.0 cm (outer circumference) (hat) - Place/s of Execution
- France
- 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
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Singlet, loincloth, and hat typifies Gaultier’s continual reworking of the classic Breton stripe in endless widths, materials and embellishments. Gaultier has identified with the figure of the sailor since childhood, from a fascination with Popeye to the archetype of the sailor as rebellious outsider. In this work, Gaultier playfully questions gender and eroticism, drawing on the masculine sailor archetype as the hyper-sexualised gay symbol.