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2016.228
Title
Alexander McQueen Tyre Print Trousers
Date(s)
- Spring Summer 1997 (Creation)
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Alexander McQueen tyre print trousers with four front pockets. Spring Summer 1997 from the collection La Poupée. They are printed with the signature McQueen tyre print, first seen in the Spring Summer 1995 women's wear collection The Birds. Size M
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: Italy
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The original print was created using the spare tyre from print designer Mark Eley's Saab car.
Note
Invisible Men exhibition label:
TYRE PRINT TROUSERS
Alexander McQueen
1997
Before McQueen’s Spring Summer 1995 show The Birds, several models had car tyres rolled over them leaving an inky black print across their bodies. This print motif was reprised for the Spring Summer 1997 Bellmer La Poupée collection where several menswear garments were presented as if they had been run over.
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Archive no. 2017.243
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D.AM.5 - 2016