1980s Franco Moschino Black Shirt with Novelty Gold Safety Pins
Description
This rare, novelty black shirt was designed by founder, Franco Moschino, during the early years of his eponymous label. Moschino liked to make a statement and push ideas to their extreme often making fun of other fashion houses; this shirt is imbued with his unique and irreverent sense of humour. It almost certainly dates to the period 1986 to 1988 and we have attached an image of a dress featuring heavy safety pin embellishment from Moschino's 1988 book Moschino x Anni di Kaos. The safety pin became a trademark detail of the fashion house and these designs continue to be reinterpreted in more modern collections.
Tailored from black cotton, it has an elongated silhouette with vents at the back, for ease of movement. The cuffs are long and are each secured with two dark brown buttons engraved with the brand name. The front of the shirt is secured with coordinating buttons which are hidden under a placket. Adorned with hundreds of gold-tone safety pins across the chest and dotted on the collar, they form a protective, armour-like finish across the chest. It must have taken many hours to do this work as each pin has been attached by hand. The shirt is finished with the tricolour Moschino logo tag on the sleeve denoting an early piece and is unlined.
Moschino Jeans was launched in 1986 by Franco Moschino and the line focused on high quality, well constructed denim garments and shirts. We consider this to be an archival piece and worthy of collection. The shirt is in very good vintage condition with some very gentle wash fade that has been exaggerated by our harsh studio lighting. We have darned a very small 3mm hole on the collar. Labelled a men's size small please check the measurements below; the fabric has no stretch.
MEASUREMENTS
BUST/CHEST - 44 in. (112 cm)
WAIST - 48 in. (122 cm)
HIP - 48 in. (122 cm)
LENGTH - 30 in. (76 cm)
COLLAR - 15.5 in. (40 cm)
SLEEVE - 24 in. (61 cm)
