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Steam iron handbag
(1990s)
Medium
leather, metal, synthetic fabric (lining)
Measurements
12.0 × 31.5 × 15.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Bertocchi family, 2015
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Franco Moschino’s surreal postmodern juxtapositions called out contemporary fashion fads in the form of ironic one-liners, printed or embroidered onto garments, and three-dimensional visual puns, realised as accessories. In 1989 Moschino’s first ready-to-wear collection was ironically called Moschino Couture! This iron-shaped handbag highlights the era’s materialism and gendered stereotypes with respect to fashion, while also exposing the gendered division of labour.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Accession Number
2015.79
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest