ABYSS STUDIO, Melbourne (fashion house), GALAXY EMPORIUM, Melbourne (retailer), Sara THORN (designer), Bruce SLORACH (designer)
Outfit
1990
Medium
cotton, screenprint, perspex, leather thonging
Measurements
(a) 79.5 cm (centre back) 87.0 (sleeve length) (t-shirt)
(b) 122.0 cm (outer leg) 43.0 cm (waist, flat) (jeans)
(c) 10.5 × 10.5 × .03 cm (pendant - Galaxy warning sign)
(d) 12.0 × 8.0 × 0.03 cm irreg. (pendant - Abyss eye)
(e) 9.0 cm × 9.0 × 0.03 cm (pendant - Galaxy logo)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Gallery Women's Association, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in green and red on black: GALAXY EMPORIUM / by Abyss Studio
(b) label, centre back waist, woven in green and red on black: GALAXY EMPORIUM / by Abyss Studio
Accession Number
1995.775.a-e
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Physical description
Mens outfit comprising t-shirt, jeans and three pendants.
(a) Long sleeve cotton top with black knit cuffs and neckline. Sleeves and back panel in black/yellow optical design, front in yellow with 'Techno King' emblem printed in red, two curved panels in red and black running from each shoulder to underarm.
(b) Men's 'Techno' Op print cotton drill pants in black/yellow. Zip fly, waistband with five belt loops, two patch pockets at the back and two continental pockets below front waist.
(c-e) Three laser cut mirror perspex pendants each threaded onto a length of black leather thonging: (c) depicts the Galaxy warning design (d) represents the Abyss eye and (e) displays the Galaxy logo design.