Look 1, Minimono
1994 {Black collection, autumn-winter 1994–95}
- Medium
- wool, plastic (buttons), nylon (lining)
- Measurements
- 126.5 cm (centre back) 64.0 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- France
- Inscription
- label, centre back neckline, woven inblue on burgundy synthetic fabric: John / Galliano / PARIS
- Accession Number
- 2020.706
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Foundation Patrons, 2020 - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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After studying fashion design at Central Saint Martins, London, John Galliano established his eponymous label in 1984. He relocated his studio to Paris in the early 1990s, and three years later, following a meeting with Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, editor-in-chief and creative director of Vogue magazine, respectively, presented his career-making Black collection. One of the most notable pieces from this collection, Minimono demonstrates Galliano’s exceptional tailoring skills and global reference points. The work marries 1940s suiting and Paul Poiret’s 1910s Orientalist visions with the structural form and decoration of Japanese kimono. For the Black collection’s original runway presentation, garments were styled with vintage kimono obis; however, this example features a prop obi.