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The Pirelli Calendar 1985

Evening Dress
1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glass bugle bead evening dress of black and steel-grey with a tyre track motif. With a diagonal hemline, long sleeves and deeply plunging back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Pirelli Calendar 1985 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Glass bugle beads, beaded
Brief description
Evening dress 'Pirelli Calendar 1985' of glass bugle bead, designed by Bruce Oldfield, England, 1984.
Physical description
Glass bugle bead evening dress of black and steel-grey with a tyre track motif. With a diagonal hemline, long sleeves and deeply plunging back.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Julie-Ann Rhodes
Object history
Registered File number 1985/1213. Featured on the Pirelli Calendar, 1985, for January. Modelled by Lena, photographed by Norman Parkinson. Art direction by Martyn Walsh.
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Gallery label text for Fashion Tracks exhibition:

FASHION TRACKS

Designer Clothes for the 1985 Pirelli Calendar
In 1983 Martyn Walsh the Art Director and Designer of the Pirelli Calendar suggested to Pirelli UK Ltd that they revive the famous Pirelli Calendar and as an innovation incorporate a fashion show using the P6 tyre tread as the decorative theme. Fourteen leading British Designers were invited to make clothes and accessories using the tyre tread design. These commissions represented a significant break-away from the traditional Pirelli Calendars and resulted in an unusual and stylistically powerful collection. The dramatic photographs were taken by Norman Parkinson. At the Calendar launch the collection was auctioned for charity and later the owners generously gave these unique works to the V&A.
The Mannequins and display are by the Creative Team of Adel Rootstein Hopkins Ltd.
The display will be in the Dress Collection from 5th November 1986 to Autumn 1987. It is divided into two parts, one on either side of the Dress Collection at the entrances from Rooms 21 and 47 respectively.
Subjects depicted
Association
Other number
January (Fashion Tracks: Designer Clothes for the 1985 Pirelli Calendar reference) - Exhibition number
Collection
Accession number
T.490-1985

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Record createdDecember 17, 2007
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