Lot 89 A Fiorucci x Paolo Buggiani hand-died cotton 'Wearable Art' jumpsuit, 1978

labelled, numbered 189/200 and signed by the artist, with patch pockets, elasticated waist, chest 107cm 42in; together with a Fiorucci black vinyl 'record' bag, with plastic chain strap, width 30cm 11.75in (2)

"About my wearable art overalls, in my opinion they offered the privilege of wearing a unique work of art different from any other. Because each one is individually painted by hand, through immersion in the three basic colours: red, yellow and blue… These colours can produce orange by the combination of red and yellow, green with the combination of yellow and blue, and purple with the combination of red and blue….. with endless bright shades. Then my signature and the progressive number reaffirm the uniqueness of the work. The fact that I presented them in Milan, at Beatrice Monti's gallery and then in a performance with the Brera students in Piazza Duomo reaffirmed my concept of ideally separating art from ordinary fashion." - Paolo Buggiani

Colours appear fresh and bright, elastic to waist and cuffs is a bit slack, a small scattering of tiny brown stains to rear right shoulder/upper waist area (see pics), crotch seam needs restitching along with a 3.5in split to cotton around right pocket/groin area.

bag is generally good, but zipper needs restitching along zip approx 5in (see pics)