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Montana for Lanvin Haute Couture, S/S 1990

Illustration
1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gladys Perint Palmer’s fluid and often witty illustrations record the international haute couture fashion shows. Her fashion illustrations have featured in a wide range of major publications including The Sunday Times, The New York Times Magazine and Vogue. This illustration depicts a model wearing a dress, long gloves and headpiece designed by Claude Montana for the Lanvin Haute Couture, Spring / Summer 1990 collection.


Perint Palmer studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins School of Art, London, and specialised in fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York. In 1987 she was appointed Fashion Editor of the San Francisco Examiner and she is currently Executive Director of Fashion at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMontana for Lanvin Haute Couture, S/S 1990 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Ink, pastel and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Gladys Perint Palmer depicting a model wearing a dress, long gloves and headpiece designed by Claude Montana for the Lanvin Haute Couture Spring / Summer 1990 collection.
Physical description
A black ink outline on glossy white paper of a female figure wearing a dress, long gloves and a headpiece; the dress is shaded using grey pastel and watercolour, the gloves and hat are patterned with grey cricles and dots and the figure's shoulders and face are shaded brown.
Dimensions
  • Design height: 44.5cm
  • Design width: 27.3cm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'GPP' (Bottom right hand corner)
Transliteration
Signature
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Gladys Perint Palmer
Subjects depicted
Summary
Gladys Perint Palmer’s fluid and often witty illustrations record the international haute couture fashion shows. Her fashion illustrations have featured in a wide range of major publications including The Sunday Times, The New York Times Magazine and Vogue. This illustration depicts a model wearing a dress, long gloves and headpiece designed by Claude Montana for the Lanvin Haute Couture, Spring / Summer 1990 collection.


Perint Palmer studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins School of Art, London, and specialised in fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York. In 1987 she was appointed Fashion Editor of the San Francisco Examiner and she is currently Executive Director of Fashion at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Collection
Accession number
E.744-2015

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2012
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