Jeans
late 1960s (made)
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| Place of origin |
Flared jeans made up from recycled denim waistbands (so the decoration is made of belt loops). There are 17 bands in each leg.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Patched denim.
The designer acquired the denim pieces from a rag dealer in Edmonton. This was his common practise for sourcing material for patched pieces. |
| Brief description | Jeans, patched denim waistbands, Andrew Yiannakou, Great Britain, London, late 1960s |
| Physical description | Flared jeans made up from recycled denim waistbands (so the decoration is made of belt loops). There are 17 bands in each leg. |
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| Credit line | Given by Bob Langman |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/1815, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was called 'Hippy UK 1971'. Worn and given by Bob Langman. |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Described in the exhibition publication, called 'Hippy UK 1971'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.828-1994 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2009 |
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