Coat
1985 {The ludic game collection, autumn-winter 1985–86}
- Medium
- screenprinted cotton (flannelette), plastic (buttons)
- Measurements
- 158.0 cm (centre back) 70.0 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- England
- Inscription
- label, centre back neckline, woven in blue on purple polyester: John / Galliano / LONDON / MADE IN BRITAIN
- Accession Number
- 2023.712
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2023 - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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Created for John Galliano’s first commercial collection, this coat alludes to the flat pattern-cutting techniques of kimono construction. For this collection, Galliano was inspired by Angela Carter’s 1984 novel Nights at the Circus and its heroine, Sophie Fevvers, who is half bird and half woman. The vulture print featured throughout the collection was designed by Galliano’s fellow Central Saint Martin’s student Luiven Rivas-Sanchez, who has since designed textiles for Christian Lacroix and Jasper Conran.