Unlike the other artworks in the Capital Couture series, this work made from Australian $5 notes does not reference the garment worn by the leader featured on the currency of which it is made. The notes are also sealed in a plastic pocket and are not stitched together to circumvent strict laws that restrict the physical manipulation of this polymer currency. These banknotes are entombed within stitched Clear Vinyl Plastic Fabric and embellished with hand embroidered Golden Prickly Moses wattle on fabric. The front of the jacket will feature Queen Elizabeth II portrait, and the back will be the image of Australian Parliament.
The construction and design of the uniform jacket is based on a uniform proposed for Australian diplomats at formal functions by the former Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Alan Renouf in 1974. The design of the garment is a single-breasted, hybrid weather jacket inspired by British Diplomatic uniforms (embellished with gold embroidery) and the iconic Driza-bone coat. The uniform was rejected on the basis of an intense period of the ‘new nationalism’ during the 1970s, rendering the garment unnecessary and inappropriate.