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430 King’s Road, London, was the location of the ever-changing boutique of Malcom McLaren (1946-2010) and Vivienne Westwood (b. 1941). Known as “SEX” from 1974-76 and “Seditionaries” from 1976-80, their shop was highly influential in the punk scene. Among their designs was this unisex “Bondage Suit” with zippers and straps mimicking a straitjacket, and a gauze and vinyl shirt with Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait blinded by the motto: “Good Save the Queen” and silenced by the anarchist band logo: “Sex Pistols.”

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  • Title: Man's Punk Ensemble Front View
  • Creator: Malcom McLaren & Vivienne Westwood
  • Manufacturer: Jacket, Pants & Shirt: Malcom McLaren & Vivienne Westwood, Designers
  • Date Created: 1976/1980
  • Location Created: Jacket, Pants & Shirt: Great Britain Collar: United States
  • Provenance: Jacket, Pants and Shirt: FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds provide by Dorothy Washington Sorenson, by exchange Collar: Gift of Dorothy Washington Sorenson
  • Type: Jacket Pants Shirt Collar
  • Photographer: Brian Sanderson
  • Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
  • Medium: Jacket & Pants: Cotton duck, metal fasteners & zippers Shirt: Printed cotton gauze, rubber, Velcro & metal clamps Collar: Metal
  • Object ID: Jacket: 2010.5.61AB Pants: 2010.5.62A-C Shirt: 2010.5.63 Collar: 2010.1110.415AB/C

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