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Jean Paul Gaultier

ca. 1990 · cotton, metal · Costume Institute

Jean Paul Gaultier's signature design element, the lace-up corset, here surprises the viewer by being fused into a robust denim jacket, a garment signaling utility. Gaultier's postmodern, magpie approach to fashion design blurs the boundaries between gendered dress codes and between lingerie and outerwear. The resulting style is typical of the gender-bending fashions found in metropolitan nightlife.

Artist

Jean Paul Gaultier

Date

ca. 1990

Medium

cotton, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Andrew Bolton, 2020