Collection Online
Suit
Medium
cotton, gouache, plastic, metal and nylon (fastenings)
Measurements
(a) 80.5 cm (centre back) 66.0 cm (sleeve, length) (jacket)
(b) 52.0 cm (centre back) 42.0 cm (waist, flat) (waistcoat)
(c) 120.0 cm (outer leg) 41.0 cm (waist, flat) (pants)
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 described his 1995 collection as encompassing a century of fashion: ‘You have to mix up the decades to achieve a modern silhouette’. Gaultier is constantly transforming fashion and design, subverting the norms of dress through androgyny, transgression and timeless exuberance.