Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress

1984 (made), 1985 (collection (fashion))
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream wool dress, unlined, with sleeves cut to shape (curved) and seam centre front. V-neck with sailor's collar and zip down the back. Skirt split at front from hem with excessive length of skirt rolled up and stitched to dress at back. Dress has been cut and stitched into trousers with a hole as a feature just below crotch. It is then taken out and reverts to being a dress.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Machine stitched woven wool
Brief description
Cream wool dress with excessive rolled up hem, designed by John Galliano, London, Spring/Summer 1985
Physical description
Cream wool dress, unlined, with sleeves cut to shape (curved) and seam centre front. V-neck with sailor's collar and zip down the back. Skirt split at front from hem with excessive length of skirt rolled up and stitched to dress at back. Dress has been cut and stitched into trousers with a hole as a feature just below crotch. It is then taken out and reverts to being a dress.
Dimensions
  • Chest width: 66cm
  • Max length: 125cm
Credit line
Given by Slim Barrett.
Object history
From Galliano's first show at Olympia, London Fashion Week, October 1984. This was his Spring/Summer 1985 collection, Afghanistan Repudiates Western Ideals.

This was Galliano's second collection, following his graduate collection, Les Incroyables, at Central St. Martins.
Collection
Accession number
T.920-2000

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Record createdAugust 19, 2003
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