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early 2014 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stella Jean (designer)
Place of origin
Italy (made)
Burkina Faso (made)

Stella Jean is a Roman fashion designer of Haitian heritage whose Black and Creole identities are an important part of her work. She is the first and only (as of 2022) member of the Italian Chamber of Fashion to have an Afro-European background. Jean's use of West African waxprint cotton from Burkina Faso in this outfit exemplifies her design approach. She designs using textiles and jewellery created by artisans from Haitian and African communities, foregrounding their craftsmanship and providing them with economic agency.

Object details

Categories
Men's Clothes
Fashion
Clothing
Footwear
Day Wear
Informal Wear
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Coat
  • Coat Belt
  • Trousers
  • Braces
  • Polo Shirt
  • Moccasin
  • Moccasin
Materials and techniques
printed and woven cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Printing
Wax Resist
Brief description
Stella Jean. Man's ensemble comprising striped coat with belt, polo shirt, printed trousers with braces, and moccasins. Spring/Summer 2014
Physical description
Ensemble, comprising a black, brown, green and white striped cotton trench-style coat with belt, made from West African woven fabric; a black polo shirt with horizontal white stripes, tan braces, and blue-grey poplin trousers printed with a wax-resist print of black and fluorescent yellow ogees against a trellis check pattern; dark blue-black moccasins.
Dimensions
  • Wrist circumference: 27cm
  • Shoulder length length: 66cm
  • Back width: 44cm
  • Coat, neck to hem. length: 77cm
  • Waist circumference: 92cm
  • Waist to crotch length: 26cm
  • Outside leg length: 100cm
  • Inside leg length: 80cm
  • Trouser cuff circumference: 35cm
Gallery label
(05/04/2014-27/07/2014)
Label for the exhibition: "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"

MAN’S ENSEMBLE
Stella Jean, Spring/Summer 2014
Cotton
Stella Jean is a Roman of Haitian heritage who has become internationally prominent within just a few years. Her approach is multicultural, sourcing textiles from Burkina Faso in West Africa, then manufacturing in Italy. Recent accolades suggest a prominent future. In 2011 she won ‘Who is on Next’, a talent contest created by AltaRoma and Vogue Italia. In 2013 Giorgio Armani invited Jean to present her collection in his Armani Teatro.
GIVEN BY THE DESIGNER
V&A: T.21:1 TO 3-2014
Credit line
Given by the designer
Summary
Stella Jean is a Roman fashion designer of Haitian heritage whose Black and Creole identities are an important part of her work. She is the first and only (as of 2022) member of the Italian Chamber of Fashion to have an Afro-European background. Jean's use of West African waxprint cotton from Burkina Faso in this outfit exemplifies her design approach. She designs using textiles and jewellery created by artisans from Haitian and African communities, foregrounding their craftsmanship and providing them with economic agency.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.21:1 to 5-2014

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2014
Record URL
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