OUTBACK INTERNATIONAL
฿5,400
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(AMERICAN, LATE 20TH CENTURY)
UTILITARIAN WINDBREAKER WITH INTERNATIONAL FLAG MOTIF,
C. LATE 1980S–MID 1990S
WOVEN SYNTHETIC FABRIC, METAL HARDWARE;
MANUFACTURED IN COSTA RICA
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CURATORIAL STATEMENT
THIS GARMENT OPERATES NOT MERELY AS FUNCTIONAL
OUTERWEAR, BUT AS A COMPELLING ARTIFACT OF
LATE-TWENTIETH-CENTURY VISUAL CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION. IT CAPTURES A SPECIFIC TRANSITIONAL MOMENT IN FASHION HISTORY, ILLUSTRATING HOW THE AESTHETIC CODES OF THE ELITE WERE DEMOCRATIZED INTO EVERYDAY URBAN WEAR.
SEMIOTICS OF UTOPIAN GLOBALISM: THE INTERIOR EIGHT-FLAG
CREST FUNCTIONS AS A POWERFUL SEMIOTIC MARKER OF THE 1990S. CO-OPTING THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS (SUCH AS THE OLYMPICS AND YACHTING REGATTAS), THE MOTIF REFLECTS A POST-COLD WAR CULTURAL ZEITGEIST DEFINED BY AN IDEALIZED SENSE OF GLOBAL UNITY AND MOBILITY.
THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF LEISURE: THE JACKET PERFECTLY
ILLUSTRATES THE "TRICKLE-DOWN" EFFECT IN MODERN DESIGN. BY TRANSLATING THE EXCLUSIVE, NAUTICAL AESTHETICS OF LUXURY LIFESTYLE BRANDS INTO AN ACCESSIBLE, MASS-PRODUCED
WINDBREAKER, IT PREFIGURES THE FOUNDATIONAL INTERSECTION OF UTILITARIAN OUTDOOR GEAR AND CONTEMPORARY STREET CULTURE.
GEOPOLITICS OF PRODUCTION: AS AN INDUSTRIAL ARTIFACT,
ITS BILINGUAL TAGS AND "MADE IN COSTA RICA" DESIGNATION MAP THE SHIFTING GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING. IT STANDS AS A PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE
1980S CARIBBEAN BASIN TRADE INITIATIVES, CAPTURING THE ERA JUST BEFORE THE GLOBAL GARMENT INDUSTRY'S DEFINITIVE
RELOCATION TO ASIA.
THIS GARMENT OPERATES NOT MERELY AS FUNCTIONAL
OUTERWEAR, BUT AS A COMPELLING ARTIFACT OF
LATE-TWENTIETH-CENTURY VISUAL CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION. IT CAPTURES A SPECIFIC TRANSITIONAL MOMENT IN FASHION HISTORY, ILLUSTRATING HOW THE AESTHETIC CODES OF THE ELITE WERE DEMOCRATIZED INTO EVERYDAY URBAN WEAR.
SEMIOTICS OF UTOPIAN GLOBALISM: THE INTERIOR EIGHT-FLAG
CREST FUNCTIONS AS A POWERFUL SEMIOTIC MARKER OF THE 1990S. CO-OPTING THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS (SUCH AS THE OLYMPICS AND YACHTING REGATTAS), THE MOTIF REFLECTS A POST-COLD WAR CULTURAL ZEITGEIST DEFINED BY AN IDEALIZED SENSE OF GLOBAL UNITY AND MOBILITY.
THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF LEISURE: THE JACKET PERFECTLY
ILLUSTRATES THE "TRICKLE-DOWN" EFFECT IN MODERN DESIGN. BY TRANSLATING THE EXCLUSIVE, NAUTICAL AESTHETICS OF LUXURY LIFESTYLE BRANDS INTO AN ACCESSIBLE, MASS-PRODUCED
WINDBREAKER, IT PREFIGURES THE FOUNDATIONAL INTERSECTION OF UTILITARIAN OUTDOOR GEAR AND CONTEMPORARY STREET CULTURE.
GEOPOLITICS OF PRODUCTION: AS AN INDUSTRIAL ARTIFACT,
ITS BILINGUAL TAGS AND "MADE IN COSTA RICA" DESIGNATION MAP THE SHIFTING GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING. IT STANDS AS A PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE
1980S CARIBBEAN BASIN TRADE INITIATIVES, CAPTURING THE ERA JUST BEFORE THE GLOBAL GARMENT INDUSTRY'S DEFINITIVE
RELOCATION TO ASIA.
