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Evening Dress

2015 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Floor-length evening gown, satin clutch bag with metal mounts, pair of evening shoes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Evening Dress
  • Pants
  • Clutch Bag
  • Shoe
  • Shoe
  • Petticoat
Materials and techniques
Pleated silk chiffon, hand-painted silk; satin; metal
Brief description
Women's evening ensemble; jade green pleated chiffon with hand-painted silk flowers, pants, petticoat, pink silk clutch bag and pair of green satin evening shoes; Gucci, Florence, 2015; worn by Lupita Nyong'o at Cannes Festival, 2015
Physical description
Floor-length evening gown, satin clutch bag with metal mounts, pair of evening shoes.
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Guccio Gucci SpA
Object history
This dress was lent by Gucci to the actress, Lupita Nyong'o, and was worn by her at the premiere of the film La Tête Haute at Cannes Film Festival, on 13th May 2015.

Given to the V&A in 2015 [2015/660].
Association
Collection
Accession number
T.129:1 to 6-2015

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2015
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