Ensemble

ca. 1995

Not on view

Reverting purposefully to the principles of collage adaption, Moschino employed sex ads in a menswear ensemble. The deliberate violation of the segregation of advertising and clothing plays with the modern understanding that dress solicits social acceptance and even sexuality. A shirt and pants with sex ads proclaim their own advertising.

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Exhibition History

Title: Ensemble
Designer: Franco Moschino (Italian, 1950–1994)
Date: ca. 1995
Culture: Italian
Medium: a) rayon
b) cotton
Credit Line: Gift of Richard Martin, 1996
Object Number: 1996.195.2a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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