Ensemble

Marc Jacobs|Stephen Jones

fall/winter 2018–19 · (a) wool, silk; (b) silk; (c) silk, metal; (d) wool, silk; (e) silk; (f) wool, silk; (g, h) silk, leather, metal; (i, j) silk, metal · Costume Institute

This broad-shouldered, androgynous silhouette by American designer Marc Jacobs was inspired by 1980s fashion designers such as Claude Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and Thierry Mugler. Jacobs started his own brand in the late 1980s, at the pinnacle of 'power dressing,' when double-breasted, broad-shouldered suits conveyed the wearer’s socio-economic status and corporate power, regardless of gender. The woolen men's suit, worn by a woman, reflects the zeitgeist of both the 1980s and the late 2010s, in which issues like equality of men and women in the workplace and the concept of the glass ceiling often occur in public discourse.

Artist

Marc Jacobs|Stephen Jones

Date

fall/winter 2018–19

Medium

(a) wool, silk; (b) silk; (c) silk, metal; (d) wool, silk; (e) silk; (f) wool, silk; (g, h) silk, leather, metal; (i, j) silk, metal

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Marc Jacobs, 2018