Wig
1997 {autumn-winter 1997-98}
Medium
leather, fur (fox)
Measurements
31.0 × 28.0 × 24.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift’s Program, 2020
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
The wigs featured in Martin Margiela’s 1997 show were created as a commission by BLESS. Margiela had seen BLESS’s work in i-D magazine and approached the duo to collaborate. His condition was that the furs be recovered from old flea-market fur coats and dismantled in his workshops, and that the wigs imitated real hairstyles according to his drawings. This example features a hallmark engraved on a metal rivet to document the collaboration.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
label, centre crown, white cotton stitched at each corner with white cotton:
Accession Number
2020.601
Department
International Fashion and Textiles