Terms and conditions of use
Bondage trousers
(c. 1974)
Medium
wool, cotton, leather, metal, plastic
Measurements
97.0 cm (outer leg) 35.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Ms Kerry Gardner, Member, 2001
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
‘I didn’t see myself as a fashion designer but as someone
who wished to confront the rotten status quo through the way I
dressed and dressed others. Eventually this sequence of ideas
culminated in punk.’ – Westwood, 2014
Westwood’s foray into fashion began while she was working as a primary school teacher. With her then-partner, Malcolm McLaren, she began designing and selling clothes from her London flat, evolving from teddy boy, rocker and biker styles to bondage rubber, leather and latex pieces drawing from the city’s underground fetish scene.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
label, centre back, woven in black on pink polyester: SEX Original / 430 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA / 01 - (...illeg.) 0764
label, centre back loincloth, woven in black on white polyester: A ( A in a circle) for / soldiers / prosti- / tutes / dykes + punks
Accession Number
2001.18
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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