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Survival jacket and trousers

Survival jacket and trousers
 1991 {spring-summer}

Medium
cotton, ink, metal, acetate and rayon, plastic and metal zippers, synthetic felt, mixed media (plastic, metal, cardboard, vinyl, mirror, bristle, perfume, eyeliner pencil and other materials)
Measurements
(a) 54.0 cm (centre back) 56.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 104.5 cm (outer leg) 35.0 cm (waist, flat) (trousers)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
(a) stencilled in black on back: SURVIVAL / JACKET
label, centre back neckline, woven horizontally in black on white synthetic: MOSCHINO / (woven gold heart) / COUTURE! / MADE IN ITALY
label, woven horizontally in black on white synthetic: I 40/D 36/ F 36/ GB 8/ USA 6
woven, horizontally in black on white synthetic on reverse: MADE IN ITALY
(b) label, centre back waistband, woven horizontally in black on white synthetic: MOSCHINO/ (woven gold heart) / COUTURE! / MADE IN ITALY
label, woven horizontally in black on white synthetic: I 42/D 38/ F 38/ GB 10/ USA 8
woven, horizontally in black on white synthetic on reverse: MADE IN ITALY
Accession Number
2008.336.a-v
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2008
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work

Franco Moschino’s Survival jacket and trousers was a highlight of his 1991 spring–summer collection show. The utilitarian garment comprises tan trousers and a jacket littered with pockets that hold fashion ‘essentials’. Adapting the classic khaki safari jacket for the urban jungle, Moschino has filled the jacket’s many compartments with an assortment of shiny, gilded beauty aids, including mirror, lipstick, mascara, nail polish, powder compact and an assortment of brushes. Filled with tongue-in-cheek jabs about the world of high fashion within which Moschino was firmly embedded, the garment reflects the humorous and provocative nature of his design language.