Terms and conditions of use
Top and kilt
1994 {Tattoos/Raw and refined collection, spring-summer 2004}
- Medium
- polyester elastane, cotton (knit), metal and plastic (fastenings)
- Measurements
- (a) 59.5 cm (centre back) 41.5 cm (waist, flat) (top)
(b) 48.5 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt) - 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
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Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1994 spring–summer collection featured a cacophony of design references, including eighteenthcentury silhouettes in denim, corsetry, Joan of Arc–style armour, punkish graffiti prints, and a tattoo-currency motif (echoing one that Martin Margiela, a former protégé of Gaultier, showed in 1989). Incorporating Indian and African references, the work reflects Gaultier’s interest in global cultures and the type of postmodern sampling and referencing that characterised fashion in the 1990s.