Not currently on display at the V&A

Pirate

Stockings
Spring-Summer 1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
McLaren, Malcolm (designer)
Vivienne Westwood (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Green cotton stockings with green elastic tops.


Object details

Categories
Gender and Sexuality
The Michael and Gerlinde Costiff Costume Collection
Object type
Stockings
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stocking
  • Stocking
TitlePirate (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Knit cotton
Cotton
Brief description
Stockings, f, green cotton, Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, Britain, 'Pirate' collection, s/s 1981.
Physical description
Green cotton stockings with green elastic tops.
Dimensions
  • Length: 90cm
  • At tops circumference: 30cm
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support and assistance from the Friends of the V&A, the Elsbeth Evans Trust, and the Dorothy Hughes Bequest
Production
'Pirate' collection (spring / summer)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.115:1-2002

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73786/pirate-stockings-mclaren-malcolm/
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