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Jean Paul Gaultier
Man's Lounging Suit (Jacket and Pants)Spring/Summer 1996

Not on view
Fashion ensemble on a white mannequin: long dinner coat and trousers in brick red with a cream grid pattern, black lapels, and scattered teal and mint green rectangular patches
Fashion ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: long open jacket and matching trousers in red fabric with a white grid print and teal abstract photographic imagery, with black lapels and cuffs.
Tailored coat and trousers on a white mannequin, shown from the back, with red grid-patterned fabric printed with a large teal and white X-ray image of a human torso and pelvis; black collar and cuff trim.

Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Gaultier, Man's Lounging Suit (Jacket and Pants), Spring/Summer 1996 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Jean Paul Gaultier
France, born 1952
Design House
Jean Paul Gaultier
France, founded 1982
Title
Man's Lounging Suit (Jacket and Pants)
Place Made
France
Date Made
Spring/Summer 1996
Medium
Jacket: rayon/acetate crepe, printed, with acetate/rayon satin trim; Pants: rayon/acetate chiffon, printed, with acetate/rayon satin trim
Dimensions
Center back length (Jacket): 43 3/4 in. (111.13 cm) Inseam (Pants): 29 in. (73.66 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation
Accession Number
M.2014.9a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
  • Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. "Reigning Men." Ornament 39, no.1 (2016): 34-39.