Coat
1986 {Fallen angels collection, spring-summer 1986}
- Medium
- wool, linen, plasticine (buttons)
- Measurements
- 144.5 cm (centre back) 67.0 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- England
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program, 2024
- Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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The 1986 Fallen Angels collection is named after William Blake’s 1790s paintings depicting the rebellious followers of Lucifer who were banished from Heaven. In a 1985 interview with The Face, Galliano commented that 1980s London was being ‘filled with high heels, red nails and tight skirts. Where [have] the little girls gone who used to dress up and play with clothes?’. The collection included the introduction of ‘circle cut’ sleeves and buttons of swirling ‘Fimo’ plasticine.