"A Fong Leng creation allows me to finally be the woman I really want to be", this according to Mathilde Willink (1938-1977), who was Holland's most famous muse, living work of art, and a mystery, in the 1970's. The extravagant Mathilde de Doelder became the third wife of artist Carel Willink in 1969. She drapes herself in Fong Leng's colourful creations and refers to them as her 'second skin'. As regular customer, muse and ambassador to Fong Leng she buys more than thirty unique pieces, including this dress, titled Tuschinksy. According to the designer her creations are not fashion, but 'mobile works of art'. The extravagant coat dresses and multi-coloured skirts reflect Willink's theatrical taste. The girl from Zeeland was both admired and criticised for this: "With seven hundred years of Puritan blood flowing through your veins you're not supposed to flaunt yourself like I do. But I'd rather be vilified and idolised than be a grey mouse."
Title
Jurk 'Tuschinsky'
Artist
Dating
1975
Material and technique
Object number
21234/001-003
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop 1979
Dimensions
lengte 156 cm
rokwijdte 256 cm
lengte (002/003) 15 cm (twee hele cirkels)
hoogte cm
breedte cm
diepte cm
Inscriptions and markings
- merk aan de binnenkant (applicatie): mond in fel rood (signauur van Fong-Leng)
Documentation
- Uit de Mode : collectie van het Centraal Museum, Voorw. Bart Rutten, tekst Ninke Bloemberg, Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren, Rosalie Sloof … [et al.], (Textuur, 4, 15, juli 1987), p. 86, afb. in kleur p. 87
Exhibitions
- Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum
- Ode aan de Nederlandse Mode, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- WAUW! Nederland in de jaren '70, Noordbrabants Museum
- Seventies chic, Centraal Museum
- Woman by Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior Couture, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Ann Demeulemeester, Veronique Leroy, Bernard Willhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan, Centraal Museum
- Diva Fong-Leng. Nieuw werk van de mode-kunstenaar Fong-Leng!, Frisia Museum
- Ruisende Rokken : 200 jaar kostuums uit de collectie van het Centraal Museum Utrecht, Centraal Museum
- Fong Leng. Kledingontwerpen, Museum het Princessehof
- Overzichtstentoonstelling van Fong Leng, Nederlands Textielmuseum
- Spectacle Coupé III, Centraal Museum
- Ruim 50 jaar aangekleed, Cultureel Centrum Zandvoort
Persistent url
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