Item 2018.39 - BodyMap Jersey Jumpsuit

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2018.39

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BodyMap Jersey Jumpsuit

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  • Spring Summer 1990 (Creation)

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BodyMap
(1982-1991)

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Cotton jersey jumpsuit with asymmetric printed design. It has shaped navy raglan short sleeves with cuffs and a navy zip. The right side is striped and the left side is plain blue with a navy square patterned patch. It has back darts. The fabric is an engineered stripe cotton Lycra mix designed by David Holah and Stevie Stewart which was manufactured by Ken Moore Ltd in England.
Country of Design: United Kingdom

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      Materials: 94% cotton, 6% Lycra
      Colour/Print: Navy, blue and white.
      Label: Body Map. Made in England. Medium.
      Measurements:
      Chest 100cm
      Waist 84cm
      Zip length 58cm
      Front length to crotch 72cm
      Back length nape to crotch 80cm
      Inside leg 75cm
      Outside leg to waist 98cm
      Shoulder to armhole 28cm
      Armhole circumference 28cm
      Leg opening 32cm

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      From BodyMap's Life Is.... collection Spring Summer 1990

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      JERSEY JUMPSUIT
      BodyMap
      1990

      BodyMap’s highly influential use of print and sportswear fabrics made them the hottest London designers during the 1980s. This cotton jersey jumpsuit features an asymmetric printed design, raglan sleeves and a centre front zip.

      Cotton jersey
      Archive no. 2018.39

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      Published in: Shaun Cole and Miles Lambert, Dandy Style: 250 Years of Men's Fashion (New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Manchester Art Gallery, 2021), p. 136

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