Faye Toogood

The Herdsman Coat, Collection 006

Maker

Faye Toogood (English, b. 1977), designer
Erica Toogood (English, b. 1981), designer
Toogood (London), design label

Title

The Herdsman Coat, Collection 006

Year

2017

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Center back length: 129.5 cm (51 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[inside collar, label 1] "Toogood / Garment: The Herdsman Coat / Designers: ET FT / Makers: YP SM MR RK / Made in: London / Size: S / Worn by: _______"
[inside collar, label 2] "Made in-house 1/10"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: anonymous gift, by exchange

Object Number

2018.39

Type

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures
Oct 05, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019

Label copy

In The Herdsman Coat, sisters Faye and Erica Toogood reflect on their rural English upbringing and recognize all the people who worked on the coat by embroidering their initials alongside text calling for reform in the fashion industry. Similarly, in her label Alabama Chanin, Natalie Chanin pays tribute to the now-defunct industrial-knitting history of Florence, Alabama, by employing a multi-generational group of stitchers to produce organic cotton garments in the spirit of a traditional quilting bee. [See also 2008.44].

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Tombstone

Faye Toogood (English, b. 1977), designer
Erica Toogood (English, b. 1981), designer
Toogood (London), design label
The Herdsman Coat, Collection 006, 2017
Cotton plain weave with machine embroidery
Center back length: 129.5 cm (51 inches)
Museum purchase: anonymous gift, by exchange 2018.39

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