Evening Dress
1968 (made)
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Evening dress of short, sleeveless design with shift shape, made of white cotton guipure with a stylised floral and foliate pattern. The armholes are cut away and edged with pink and green diamond pastes, white and black beads and black bugle beads. These also edge the round neck and hem. The inner edges of the armholes and neck are bound with cream grosgrain ribbon.
The dress fastens at the centre back with a zip and two hooks and eyes covered by a guipure flap secured by tiny press studs. The dress appears to have no seams but they have been concealed by carefully joining the guipure motifs. The guipure is faced with stiffened white cotton and the dress is fully lined with a double layer of off-white fine silk and matching organdy.
The dress fastens at the centre back with a zip and two hooks and eyes covered by a guipure flap secured by tiny press studs. The dress appears to have no seams but they have been concealed by carefully joining the guipure motifs. The guipure is faced with stiffened white cotton and the dress is fully lined with a double layer of off-white fine silk and matching organdy.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton guipure with pastes and beads, bound with grosgrain, faced with cotton and lined with silk and organdy |
| Brief description | Evening dress of cotton guipure, designed by Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, Summer 1966 |
| Physical description | Evening dress of short, sleeveless design with shift shape, made of white cotton guipure with a stylised floral and foliate pattern. The armholes are cut away and edged with pink and green diamond pastes, white and black beads and black bugle beads. These also edge the round neck and hem. The inner edges of the armholes and neck are bound with cream grosgrain ribbon. The dress fastens at the centre back with a zip and two hooks and eyes covered by a guipure flap secured by tiny press studs. The dress appears to have no seams but they have been concealed by carefully joining the guipure motifs. The guipure is faced with stiffened white cotton and the dress is fully lined with a double layer of off-white fine silk and matching organdy. |
| Dimensions | Approx. dress size 10 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'YVES SAINT LAURENT PARIS / 011216 [stamped in black] MADE IN FRANCE' (Label) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Brenda Azario |
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| Accession number | T.325-1978 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2009 |
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