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Jacket

1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jacket made of a candy pink woollen bouclé fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool bouclé
Brief description
Jacket, pink woolen bouclé, designed by Bella Freud, Great Britain, Autumn/Winter 1993 collection
Physical description
Jacket made of a candy pink woollen bouclé fabric.
Credit line
Given by Bella Freud
Object history
Registered File number 1993/2354, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Fashion Rocker - Bella Freud and Philip Treacy for Bella Freud UK Spring/Summer 1994' (includes the hat T.664-1993).


This jacket and the matching beret (T.664-1993) by Phillip Treacy represented a Fashion Rocker look for the Streetstyle exhibition of 1994. The jacket is based on the traditional Perfecto jacket worn by bikers and rockers, but made from a fleecy wool bouclé in a candy pink colour rather than traditional black leather. The designer Bella Freud said at time of donation:

"Traditionally, a tough style but very accessible in fleecy little lamb pink. I like the idea of giving a very luxurious feel to a spare silhouette."
Production
Autumn/Winter 1993 collection
Associated object
T.664-1993 (Ensemble)
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Fashion Rocker - Bella Freud and Philip Treacy for Bella Freud UK Spring/Summer 1994'.
Collection
Accession number
T.663-1993

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Record createdNovember 7, 2002
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