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James Rosenquist|Hugo Boss

spring/summer 1998 · (a, b) DuPont Tyvek®; (c) metal; (d, e) paper · Costume Institute

This extraordinary garment represents the increasingly explicit link between art and fashion. Rosenquist's concept from Tyvek (a nonwoven fabric made from spun-bonded olefin) marries the most enduring form of menswear with the "throw away" expendability of paper. His design harks back to the brief 1960s fashion for paper dresses. The dresses with "Campbell's Soup" prints and hallucinogenic paisleys were the perfect embodiment of the Pop Art movement that he helped to pioneer.

Artist

James Rosenquist|Hugo Boss

Date

spring/summer 1998

Medium

(a, b) DuPont Tyvek®; (c) metal; (d, e) paper

Culture

German

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Hugo Boss, 1998