Evening Dress
ca. 1980 (made)
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Full length evening dress in deep maroon velvet, column fitted to above the wearer's right breast asymmetrically dropping below the left breast. Inset sheer net gore down the wearer's left hand side, going all the way from hem to top of the bodice, and sheer, long sleeved, high necked upper bodice. Sheer net studded with diamantes and embroidered with vivid pink, blue and gold metallic thread flowers, and extra flower embroidery over the left breast. Silk lining. Side zipper along the edge of the sheer gore, then opens along the bottom edge of the velvet bodice in the back to back zipper in net bodice.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Velvet and net, embroidered in metal thread, and diamanté |
| Brief description | Full length evening dress in silk velvet and net, embroidered in metal thread, and diamanté, designed by Hubert de Givenchy, Paris, ca. 1980 |
| Physical description | Full length evening dress in deep maroon velvet, column fitted to above the wearer's right breast asymmetrically dropping below the left breast. Inset sheer net gore down the wearer's left hand side, going all the way from hem to top of the bodice, and sheer, long sleeved, high necked upper bodice. Sheer net studded with diamantes and embroidered with vivid pink, blue and gold metallic thread flowers, and extra flower embroidery over the left breast. Silk lining. Side zipper along the edge of the sheer gore, then opens along the bottom edge of the velvet bodice in the back to back zipper in net bodice. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
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| Credit line | Anonymous gift. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Other number | 61002 - Couture number |
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| Accession number | T.162-1998 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2007 |
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