Evening Dress
late 2001 (made)
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Shoulder- and strapless long dress of parachute silk (from WWII) in various stages of disintegration. Dress open down the back with leather straps and buckles closure. Two leather straps, like handles, on each side at hip level. Cotton cord drawstrings vertically down the dress, evenly spaced, ruching the fabric. Machine stitch silk thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk and silk thread, cotton cords and leather with buckles |
| Brief description | Parachute silk with leather strap detailing, Robert Cary-Williams, London, Autumn/Winter 2001 |
| Physical description | Shoulder- and strapless long dress of parachute silk (from WWII) in various stages of disintegration. Dress open down the back with leather straps and buckles closure. Two leather straps, like handles, on each side at hip level. Cotton cord drawstrings vertically down the dress, evenly spaced, ruching the fabric. Machine stitch silk thread. |
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| Credit line | Robert Cary-Williams |
| Object history | The dress with matching rusty chain was featured in Fashion in Motion September 2001. It was also the piece that opened the designer's fashion show at London Fashion Week ten days earlier. |
| Production | Part of autumn/winter 2001 collection |
| Associated object | T.17-2002 (Ensemble) |
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| Accession number | T.16-2002 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2003 |
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