Not currently on display at the V&A

Earring

1994 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gaultier, Jean-Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Pair of earrings of glass and rubber.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Performance Art
Womenswear
Accessories
Jewellery
Streetstyle Exhibition 1994
Object type
Earring
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Earring
  • Earring
Materials and techniques
Glass and rubber
Glass
Rubber
Brief description
Pair of earrings, glass and rubber, part of the "Cyberpunk" outfit from the film "Kika", designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, France, 1994.
Physical description
Pair of earrings of glass and rubber.
Credit line
Given by Jean Paul Gaultier and Pedro Almodovar
Object history
Part of the "Cyberpunk" outfit (T.440:1, 2 to 452:1, 2-1994, T.476:1, 2-1994) designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier for Victoria Abril in the 1994 film "Kika" directed by Pedro Almodovar. Victoria Abril's character, Andrea "Scarface" Caracortada is shown riding her motorcycle around Madrid wearing futuristic combat clothes such as these with electronically controlled lights and elements.

Presented at the Streetstyle exhibition 1994 as part of a ‘Screen Cyberpunk Jean Paul Gaultier’ outfit, with a bra top (T.450-1994), a jacket (T.451-1994), trousers (T.449-1994), a belt (T.442-1994), a belt bag (T.443-1994), gloves (T.476:1, 2-1994), a pair of boots (T.440:1,2-1994), rings (T.445-1994 and T.446-1994) and beads (T.448-1994).

Registered File number 1994/1115.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.447:1, 2-1994

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Record createdDecember 13, 2010
Record URL
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