Bodysuit
1988 (made)
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Purple stretch synthetic satin bodysuit with tubes of fabric hanging unsupported from breasts and crotch.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Elasticated synthetic satin |
| Brief description | Bodysuit, purple synthetic stretch satin, James Montgomery, Great Britain, 1988 |
| Physical description | Purple stretch synthetic satin bodysuit with tubes of fabric hanging unsupported from breasts and crotch. |
| Credit line | Given by Cornelius Brady |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/1482, Streestyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Gay Style UK 1988' (includes the jacket T.731-1994 and the hat T.732-1994). Part of a Gay style outfit worn and given by Cornelius Brady, who enjoyed wearing outrageous clothes in the 1980s. The jacket was made for him by the performance artist and club host Leigh Bowery. He wore this outfit to the supermarket, where he enjoyed the reaction of others. "People were completely shocked when I wore it to Tesco - and it looked good with a big trolley." Bowery had experience in the fashion industry. He had worked with the 80s youth fashion label Body Map, and continued to make clothes for his friends. The leotard and cap were made by James Montgomery, a pattern cutter for Richmond Cornejo (a '80s fashion label run by John Richmond and Maria Cornejo which dissolved in 1988 when they went their separate ways). |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Gay Style UK 1988'. |
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| Accession number | T.733-1994 |
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| Record created | January 7, 2011 |
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