Vivienne Westwood UK

SLAVE TO LOVE JACKET

Vivienne Westwood MAN Autumn-Winter 1996/97 Collection.

The ‘Slave to Love’ jacked features glass beads, embroidered by renowned corset-maker, Mr Pearl. This piece was presented in Vivienne Westwood’s first on-schedule menswear show, Vivienne Westwood MAN, in Milan, January 1996.‘It played with ideas and ideals of masculinity and femininity -corseting the male figure yet creating an overall look that speaks of heroic masculinity’ -Alexander Fury. Dual references to masculinity and femininity are inherent to the Vivienne Westwood overall design approach, with recurrent use of the nude body.