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Walter Van Beirendonck
Man's Ensemble (Jacket, Shirt, Trousers, Wig, and Shoes)Fall/Winter 1996-1997

Not on view
Fashion mannequin wearing a padded ecru jacket with red zipper trim, plaid underlayer, photorealistic swan-and-water-lily printed pants, and green suede ankle boots
Fashion display on a white mannequin wearing a cream patent-vinyl jacket with red zipper and small red pin details over a plaid shirt, paired with multicolored printed trousers in blue and green; the mannequin has a sculpted blond wig styled in an updo.
Mixed-media sculptural figure viewed from behind, wearing a glossy cream vinyl jacket with small red decorative attachments, plaid skirt, and printed landscape-motif trousers; molded beige wig with small collaged ornament pinned at the side.

Walter Van Beirendonck, Walter Van Beirendonck, Walter Van Beirendonck, Ensemble from the “Wonderland” collection (Inflatable Jacket), Fall/Winter 1996-1997, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Walter Van Beirendonck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Walter Van Beirendonck
Belgium, born 1957
Design House
Walter Van Beirendonck
Belgium, Antwerp, founded 1983
Label
Walter Van Beirendonck
Belgium, Antwerp, 1993 - 1999
Title
Man's Ensemble (Jacket, Shirt, Trousers, Wig, and Shoes)
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
Fall/Winter 1996-1997
Medium
Inflatable jacket: polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Shirt: viscose/nylon twill and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Trousers: polyester knit laminated onto polyurethane Wig: polystyrene coated with rubber Shoes: leather and rubber
Dimensions
Center back length (Jacket): 23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm) Center back length (Shirt): 28 1/2 in. (72.39 cm) Inseam (Pants): 28 1/2 in. (72.39 cm) Wig: 10 × 9 × 11 in. (25.4 × 22.86 × 27.94 cm) Shoes: 7 1/2 × 4 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (19.05 × 12.38 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Walter Van Beirendonck
Accession Number
M.2014.87.6a-f
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.