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- 1984 (Creation)
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Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
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Colour/Print: Black
Label: Body Map / Made in England / 80% Nylon / 20% Elastine / Size L
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Invisible Men exhibition label:
PRINTED BIKER JACKET AND LYCRA SHORTS
BodyMap
1984-1985
Featuring a print by Hilde Smith called Cosmic Check, this biker jacket was purchase from BodyMap’s Camden Market stall and is from their collection Barbie Takes a Trip Around Nature’s Cosmic Curves. Lycra transitioned from sportswear to a fashion fabric partly due to the explosion of aerobic fitness of the late 1970s and was adopted to produce body-conscious garments designed for London’s pansexual nightclubbers.
Cotton, nylon, elastane
Archive no. 2019.77 and 2017.039
Note
Invisible Men exhibition label:
PRINTED BIKER JACKET AND LYCRA SHORTS
BodyMap
1984-1985
Featuring a print by Hilde Smith called Cosmic Check, this biker jacket was purchase from BodyMap’s Camden Market stall and is from their collection Barbie Takes a Trip Around Nature’s Cosmic Curves. Lycra transitioned from sportswear to a fashion fabric partly due to the explosion of aerobic fitness of the late 1970s and was adopted to produce body-conscious garments designed for London’s pansexual nightclubbers.
Cotton, nylon, elastane
Archive no. 2019.77 and 2017.039