Item 2016.277 - Junior Gaultier Metal Plated Denim Jacket

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2016.277

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Junior Gaultier Metal Plated Denim Jacket

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  • Spring Summer 1988 (Creation)

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Junior Gaultier
(1988-1994)

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Jean Paul Gaultier launched the Junior Gaultier line in 1988. It was designed as a lower-priced range aimed at the youth market. The Junior Gaultier label was replaced in 1994 with JPG by Gaultier, a unisex collection.

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Dark denim jacket made from heavyweight, non-stretch 100% cotton. It features two chest pockets with flaps, each fastened with shank buttons. The jacket closes with five metal Junior Gaultier-branded shank buttons. Four large metal plates are riveted to the front of the jacket, following the seam lines of the two chest pockets. The back of the jacket includes side hem adjusters.
Country of Design: France
Country of Manufacture: Italy.

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      Cotton and Metal

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      DENIM JACKET WITH METAL PANELS
      Junior Gaultier
      1989-1993

      Jean-Paul Gaultier was renowned for being influenced by British street style. However, his clothes remained out of reach of this audience due to their prohibitive cost. With the launch of Junior Gaultier in the 1980s he turned his diffusion line into the must-have label for any diehard London clubber.

      Cotton, metal
      Archive no. 2016.277

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      METAL PLATED JACKET
      Junior Gaultier
      Spring Summer 1988
      This denim jacket was included in the 1988 debut collection of Jean Paul Gaultier’s more affordable diffusion line, Junior Gaultier. The use of metal as a decorative motif evolved from the mainline Jean Paul Gaultier ‘Rock Stars’ collection of Autumn Winter 1987–8, which featured metal codpiece and epaulettes. The four large metal plates emphasize the cut of the denim jacket and are riveted in place, a method of fixture that Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss & Co. patented for denim jeans in 1873 as an ‘Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings’.
      Cotton, Metal
      Archive no. 2016.277
      132

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      D.JG.17 - 2016

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