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Pair of Boots

1994 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of dark leather hiking boots with yellow laces and white piping/topstitching


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Boot
  • Boot
Materials and techniques
Leather
Brief description
Boots, 'loggers' leather laceups, Georgia, United States, 1994
Physical description
Pair of dark leather hiking boots with yellow laces and white piping/topstitching
Production typeReady to wear
Credit line
Given by Office Shoes
Object history
Registered File number 1994/1118, Streetsyle exhibition 1994-1994, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Gay Style UK 1994' (includes the belt T.936-1994, the vest T.937-1994, the kilt T.938-1994 and the jacket T.939-1994).

Part of the 1994 Gay Style man's outfit (T.653:1, 2-1994; T.936 to 939-1994) from the Street Style exhibition. This outfit was assembled by Shaun Cole, who donated his own gay skinhead outfit to the collection. He put it together to exactly reflect an outfit worn by Ray, one of his friends in London in 1994.

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 1994'.
Collection
Accession number
T.653:1, 2-1994

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
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