Jacket and trousers
1968
- Medium
- acrylic, wool, acetate (lining), metal (press studs, zip)
- Measurements
- (a) 67.5 cm (centre back) 63.5 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 100.0 cm (outer leg) 37.0 cm (waist, flat) (trousers) - Place/s of Execution
- France
- Inscription
- (a) label, inside centre back neckline, woven in black on white acetate: hyperbole / Courrèges / paris / 0526458 made in france
label, inside proper left back neckline, printed in black on white acetate: MADE IN FRANCE / Style 189 / Size b / Color Dark, Blue / Acrylic 75% / Wool 25% / lining acetate / 100%
(b) label, inside proper left back, woven in black on white acetate: hyperbole / Courrèges / paris / 0530082 made in france
Label, inside proper left side seam, printed in black on white acetate: ACRYLIQUE 35% LAINE 25% / ACETATE 100% - Accession Number
- CT107.a-b-1983
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Mrs Mary Lipshut, 1983 - Gallery location
- Level 3 foyer
Level 3, NGV International - About this work
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French designer André Courrèges worked as an assistant to Cristóbal Balenciaga before opening his own couture house in 1961. Courrèges’s crisply tailored designs combined streamlined minimalism with a futuristic outlook. Against a background of technological change, new materials and the excitement of the space age, his futuristic aesthetic exploited dyes and cheaper and easier-to-maintain synthetic materials to introduce a bold and monochromatic palette to fashion.