Pair of boots

Physical description

Rubber and canvas baseball boots.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (made)

Date

1994 (designed)

Artist/maker

Karl Lagerfeld, born 1938 (designer)
Chanel (designed for)

Materials and Techniques

Rubber and canvas

Object history note

Part of the outfit (T.453 to 455-1994 and T.459-1994) featured in the 1994 exhibition Street Style as a Fashion version of the B-Boy/Fly Girl look.

Registered File number 1994/999.

Descriptive line

Pair of boots, rubber and canvas, designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Paris, France, Spring/Summer 1994 collection.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

De La Haye, Amy and Cathie Dingwall, eds. Surfers Soulies Skinheads & Skaters: Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties. London: Victoria and Albert Publications, 1996.
"Chanel S Designer Karl Lagerfeld is friends with the Afrocentric rap band Arrested Development and his B-Boy/Fly Girl influences have thus been imbued at first hand. The baggy shorts are picked up from B-Boys and the bra-top draws on Fly Girl and Ragga sources."

Exhibition History

Streetstyle, From Sidewalk to Catwalk, 1940 to Tomorrow (Victoria and Albert Museum 16/11/1994-19/02/1995)

Production Note

Spring/Summer 1994 collection.

Materials

Canvas; Rubber

Categories

Footwear; Fashion; Women's clothes

Production Type

Haute couture

Collection code

T&F