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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Jumpsuit

spring/summer 1986

Materials

cotton

House / label

Donna Karan New York

Collection

spring/summer 1986

Archive reference

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 81823

Behind the design

Karan brought the practical language of sportswear into a polished urban wardrobe. This cotton jumpsuit combines a tailored-looking upper body with a continuous, elongated trouser line. The Met situates it alongside her early Essentials concept, whose coordinated components offered working women another way to assemble versatile, confident clothes.

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