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On display at V&A South Kensington
Fashion, Room 40

Trousers

1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bondage trousers, black cotton with straps and hardware between legs, hanging straps.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton, metal
Brief description
Trousers, bondage trousers, black cotton, Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, Britain, 'Seditionaries' Collection, 1976
Physical description
Bondage trousers, black cotton with straps and hardware between legs, hanging straps.
Credit line
Given by Philip Sallon
Object history
Registered File number 1993/2220, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Punk UK 1976' (includes the top T.406-1995 and the jacket T.407-1995).

Philip Sallon was a punk style leader who wore this with heavy black eye make-up and a "horned" hairstyle that he likened to a Viking helmet or devil horns.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Punk UK 1976'.
Collection
Accession number
T.405-1995

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
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