Ensemble Afrika pied-de-poule blouson, jas, en broek, F/W 2019-20

Ensemble Afrika pied-de-poule blouson, jas, en broek, F/W 2019-20

<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">With his debut collection We are the World, Virgil Abloh (artistic director of the Louis Vuitton men's line since 2018 ) transmits a clear message: fashion is for everyone. The classic pied-de-poule pattern of this suit repeats the shape of the African continent. Virgil Abloh, 'Every American kid draws the world map with Europe pontifically in the middle. Here we look from the other direction.' [text 2023]</span>

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With his debut collection We are the World, Virgil Abloh (artistic director of the Louis Vuitton men's line since 2018 ) transmits a clear message: fashion is for everyone. The classic pied-de-poule pattern of this suit repeats the shape of the African continent. Virgil Abloh, 'Every American kid draws the world map with Europe pontifically in the middle. Here we look from the other direction.' [text 2023]

Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal

Title

Ensemble Afrika pied-de-poule blouson, jas, en broek, F/W 2019-20

Artist

Dating

2019 - 2019

Material and technique

wol

Object number

35544/001-003

Object type

herenkleding, ensemble, blazer, colbert, pantalon, broek

Acquisition

schenking 2021

Dimensions

lengte middenachter (001 Jas) 108 cm

taillewijdte (001 Jas) 114 cm

mouwlengte (001 Jas) 71 cm

lengte middenachter (002 Blouson) 58 cm

bovenwijdte (002 Blouson) 112 cm

taillewijdte (002 Blouson) 106 cm

taillewijdte (003 Pantalon) 86 cm

zijlengte (003 Pantalon) 114 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • merk voering jas linker voorpand : Louis Vuitton, Paris

Documentation

  • Voices of Fashion : Black Couture, Beauty & Styles, Voorw. door Bart Rutten, bijdragen Ninke Bloemberg, Janice Deul, Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren, (Zwolle, 2021), p. 46-47, met afb. in kleur.

Exhibitions

  • Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2023

  • Voices of Fashion, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2021

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.4a7e134f-1bc5-4270-af51-7245a16fa566

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