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Mini-dress

Mini-dress

  • Place of origin:

    Paris, France (made)

  • Date:

    1968 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Rabanne, Paco (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Leather linked by metal studs

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Valerie Hyman

  • Museum number:

    T.99-1988

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

While Paco Rabanne is famous for his dresses made from metal and plastic, he also used other materials. This 1968 mini dress is made from brown leather triangles and rectangles held together with metal studs. The skirt is made up of rectangular panels with two front pockets. The back fastens with oversized jewellery clasps, covered with a diagonal strip of leather.

Paco Rabanne was the son of Balenciaga's head seamstress. After studying architecture, he designed jewellery and accessories for Paris couturiers such as Balenciaga and Dior. In 1966 he opened his own fashion house in Paris where he sold dresses made out of innovative or unusual materials like acrylic discs, metal links, and paper. In 1968, he designed the actress Jane Fonda's wardrobe for the film Barbarella.

Physical description

Brown leather mini-dress made from triangular and circular leather panels linked by metal studs. The skirt is of oblong panels with two front pockets. The back fastens with oversized jewellery clasps covered with a diagonal strip of leather.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (made)

Date

1968 (made)

Artist/maker

Rabanne, Paco (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Leather linked by metal studs

Dimensions

Length: 90.5 cm shoulder to hem edge, Circumference: 82 cm bust measured inside, Circumference: 96 cm hips measured inside, Circumference: 116 cm hem edge

Object history note

Registered File number 1988/408.

Historical context note

Paco Rabanne was the son of Balenciaga's head seamstress. After studying architecture, he designed jewellery and accessories for Paris couturiers such as Balenciaga and Dior. In 1966 he opened his own fashion house in Paris where he sold dresses made out of new or unusual materials like perspex discs and metal links. In 1968, Rabanne also designed Jane Fonda's wardrobe for the film 'Barbarella'.

Descriptive line

Mini-dress made from leather panels linked by metal studs, designed by Paco Rabanne, Paris, 1968

Exhibition History

The Future That Never Was (Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium 28/01/2011-05/06/2011)

Production Note

Reason For Production: Commission

Materials

Metal; Leather

Categories

Fashion; Evening wear; Leather; Women's clothes

Production Type

Haute couture

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O133362
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