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Men’s jacket with brass by Jean Paul Gaultier, 1988

DNR magazine noted in 1987 that Gaultier had a “limitless creative slant on traditional men’s wear themes.” This jacket features an enamelled metal medallion below a golden crown, surrounded by fleur de lys pendants and beads to evoke a medieval aesthetic.

Details

Jean Paul Gaultier

Black wool and striped velvet jacket with tassels, beads, and metal pendants

1988, France

The Museum at FIT, P88.76.4

Museum purchase

Man’s jacket in striped bright red and burgundy velvet with black wool sleeves. Back of jacket is embellished with a central metal medallion reading “JPG” topped with a crown, above a beaded fleur de lys motif and surrounded by black rhinestones; below the medallion is a V-shaped line of black tassels topped with bronze fleur de lys, spaced with metal studs; the bottom of the jacket has a line of bronze fleur de lys surrounded with beads, black rhinestones, and metal pendants.
Man’s jacket in striped bright red and burgundy velvet with black wool sleeves. Back of jacket is embellished with a central metal medallion reading “JPG” topped with a crown, above a beaded fleur de lys motif and surrounded by black rhinestones; below the medallion is a V-shaped line of black tassels topped with bronze fleur de lys, spaced with metal studs; the bottom of the jacket has a line of bronze fleur de lys surrounded with beads, black rhinestones, and metal pendants.
Man’s jacket in striped bright red and burgundy velvet with black wool sleeves. Back of jacket is embellished with a central metal medallion reading “JPG” topped with a crown, above a beaded fleur de lys motif and surrounded by black rhinestones; below the medallion is a V-shaped line of black tassels topped with bronze fleur de lys, spaced with metal studs; the bottom of the jacket has a line of bronze fleur de lys surrounded with beads, black rhinestones, and metal pendants.
Man’s jacket in striped bright red and burgundy velvet with black wool sleeves. Back of jacket is embellished with a central metal medallion reading “JPG” topped with a crown, above a beaded fleur de lys motif and surrounded by black rhinestones; below the medallion is a V-shaped line of black tassels topped with bronze fleur de lys, spaced with metal studs; the bottom of the jacket has a line of bronze fleur de lys surrounded with beads, black rhinestones, and metal pendants.
two men in sunglasses dancing together in an editorial for Vogue Britain, September 1988
Vogue Men editorial featuring a Jean Paul Gaultier jacket (right)
Vogue Britain, September 1988
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The medallion on the back of the Gaultier jacket reads, “Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die,” a possible reference to the song by (and rockabilly stylings of) Robert Gordon.

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