Man's Punk Ensemble Gallery View

Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood

FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States

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 Gallery 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: Benjamin Shmikler
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