Look 5, suit
1994 {Misia Diva (Pin Up) collection, spring-summer 1995}
Medium
wool, silk, metal
Measurements
(a) 60.0 cm (centre back) 55.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 83.0 cm (centre back) 32.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© John Galliano
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
John Galliano’s 1994 spring–summer collection was named after Misia Sert, an art patron, libertine and piano player who was friends with Gabrielle Chanel. Presented in the ‘Pin Up Studios’ in Paris and decorated with vintage cars, washing lines with silk lingerie, and erotic wall images, the collection featured languid 1920s bias-cut gowns, ‘oriental’ cocoon shapes and sharply cut 1950s hourglass silhouettes such as this retro-tailored skirt-suit.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in blue on maroon synthetic fabric: John / Galliano / PARIS
(b) label, left side back, woven in blue on maroon synthetic fabric: John / Galliano / PARIS
Accession Number
2018.1603.a-b
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