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Helmut Lang
VestSpring/Summer 2004

Not on view
Museum display of a worn black leather sleeveless motorcycle jacket covered in colorful pins and buttons, styled on a mannequin with a mohawk wig, black trousers, and oxford shoes
Heavily worn black leather motorcycle vest displayed on a gray mannequin, sleeves cut off with frayed edges, covered densely with pinback buttons in varied colors across the right chest and shoulder.
Customized leather vest displayed on a mannequin, heavily adorned with dozens of worn, weathered pin-back buttons in earth tones, red, and blue, clustered across the front and shoulders, with frayed fabric edges at the sleeves and silver paint splatters on the distressed black leather.
Detail of a black leather jacket densely covered with flattened and rusted bottle caps in red, yellow, white, and brown, pinned to the surface alongside foil, fiber strands, and zipper tape.
Fashion photograph of a mannequin wearing a sleeveless black leather motorcycle jacket densely covered with colorful pinback buttons and badges, paired with black trousers and black oxford shoes; jacket has frayed edges and asymmetrical zippered front.
Heavily worn black leather motorcycle vest displayed on a gray mannequin, with sleeves cut away and right side densely covered in layered pinback buttons of varying sizes in red, blue, yellow, and metallic tones, with frayed fabric and distressed, paint-marked surface.
Fashion display on a mannequin: a worn black leather motorcycle vest with sleeves removed, densely covered in colorful pinback buttons and patches, worn over a black top with black trousers and dress shoes.
Pair of black leather lace-up oxford shoes with polished silver metal toe caps, displayed on a light gray background; tan leather insoles visible on the angled foreground shoe.
Fashion display on a white mannequin with sculpted gray hair: a sleeveless black leather motorcycle vest covered with clusters of colorful pinback buttons and patches, worn over a black and white striped shirt with dark trousers and black oxford shoes.
Designer
Helmut Lang
Austria, active Austria, Vienna and United States, New York, born 1956
Design House
Helmut Lang
Austria, Vienna and United States, New York, New York City, founded 1986
Title
Vest
Place Made
United States, New York
Date Made
Spring/Summer 2004
Medium
Leather, synthetic/cotton felt (interfacing), metal bottle caps, and laminated foil
Credit Line
Gift of HL-ART
Accession Number
M.2009.116.7.1-.4a-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.