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Ensemble With Jacket, from Spring/Summer 2014 and Spring/Summer 2016 Ready-to-Wear collections
This is a Ensemble with jacket. It was designed by Melitta Baumeister.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Melitta Baumeister as part of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
Melitta Baumeister creates clothing that exaggerates volume and plays with silhouette, often exploiting rigid materials and experimental techniques to create a protective enclosure around the body. These details are accentuated on this jacket through oversized shoulder pads, sharply lined edges, and zippers found in unexpected places. This dress exhibits a precarious balance between heaviness and lightness with lace cast in silicone at the bottom, contrasting with the lighter mesh fabric at the top.
It is credited Courtesy of Melitta Baumeister.
- Jacket, The Scarab, from A I R Collection
- leather, heat and wind reactive ink.
- Courtesy of TheUnseen.
- 46.2015.1
- Jacket (Denmark)
- cotton on linen.
- Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup.
- 1969-83-2
- Nurse's Jacket And Pants (China)
- cotton, silk.
- 1956-55-1-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 14 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Ensemble, from Couture Collection #12
- silk crepe, lamb leather.
- Courtesy of Rad Hourani.
- 27.2015.1a/d
- Skirt And Top, from Fall / Winter 2014–15 Haute Couture collection
- tulle degradé, silk taffeta.
- Courtesy of Giambattista Valli.
- 19.2015.1a/c
- Pants, Top And Belt, 132 5. Issey Miyake
- polyester from recycled pet bottles.
- Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
- 2014-1-3-a/c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
