Jacket and Trousers
1985 (made)
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Nostalgia is not part of Katherine Hamnett’s repertoire. In the early 1980s she pioneered the vogue for stylish, casual clothing made in oversize crumpled cottons and silks. Designs were often based on utilitarian boiler suits and army fatigues. She conceived a series of silk T-shirts emblazoned with slogans, using fashion as the platform for her Green politics. Hamnett caused a sensation by wearing her T-shirt bearing the anti-nuclear weapon slogan ‘58% Don’t Want Pershing’ to meet the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in 1984.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton khaki |
| Brief description | Khaki cotton jacket and trousers, designed by Katherine Hamnett, Great Britain, 1985 |
| Physical description | Khaki cotton army style jacket and trousers. |
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| Gallery label | Nostalgia is not part of Katherine Hamnett's repertoire. In early 1980s she pioneered the vogue for stylish, casual clothing made in oversize crumpled cottons and silks. Designs were often based on utilitarian boiler suits and army fatigues. She conceived a series of silk T-shirts emblazoned with slogans, using fashion as the platform for her Green politics. Hamnett caused a sensation by wearing her T-shirt with the slogan '58% Don't Want Pershing' to meet the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984.(1997) |
| Credit line | Given by Gavin Fry |
| Object history | Worn with printed grey silk T-shirt T.595-1996. |
| Summary | Nostalgia is not part of Katherine Hamnett’s repertoire. In the early 1980s she pioneered the vogue for stylish, casual clothing made in oversize crumpled cottons and silks. Designs were often based on utilitarian boiler suits and army fatigues. She conceived a series of silk T-shirts emblazoned with slogans, using fashion as the platform for her Green politics. Hamnett caused a sensation by wearing her T-shirt bearing the anti-nuclear weapon slogan ‘58% Don’t Want Pershing’ to meet the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in 1984. |
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| Accession number | T.596&598-1996 |
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| Record created | August 27, 2003 |
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