Detail of man – (Linda Simpson) ◄ קוֹדֵם הַבָּא ►

Artist: Linda Simpson

תַאֲרִיך: 1969

מוּזֵיאוֹן: The Museum at FIT (New York City, United States)

טֶכנִיקָה: Embroidery

According to historian Beverly Gordon, rebellious “counterculture youth,” who valued individualism, found a creative outlet in “glorifying their jeans.” Through patchwork appliqué and beading, hippies turned their denim “into visible, vocal personal statements.” Hand embroidery on the inside waistband reveals that these jeans were “lovingly created by Linda Sampson for Jay Good.”