Seashell

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

Not on display

Artist/Maker	Galliano, John (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

John Galliano is celebrated for his ingenious approach to dress design. Evoking the crisp and sculptural qualities of scallop shells, this dress has a circular petal skirt composed of concentric rows of overlapping and meandering bands of bias-cut organdie.

Object details

Categories	Fashion Womenswear
Object type	Dress
Title	Seashell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Bias cut organdie with a boned bodice and cotton sash Organdie Cotton (Textile) Boned
Brief description	Organdie strapless dress 'Seashell' with a flared asymmetrical skirt, designed by John Galliano, Great Britain, 1988
Physical description	White organdie strapless dress with a flared asymmetrical skirt. Accessorised with a green and white checked cotton sash. Bias cut organdie with boned bodice.
Style	20th Century
Gallery label	(1997) John Galliano is celebrated for his ingenious approach to dress design. Evoking the crisp and sculptural qualities of scallop sheels, this dress has a cicular petal skirt composed of concentric rows of overlapping and meandering bands of bias-cut organdie. The strapless, boned bodice is relieved by a deep cummerbund of checked cotton.
Credit line	Given by the designer
Subject depicted	Shells
Summary	John Galliano is celebrated for his ingenious approach to dress design. Evoking the crisp and sculptural qualities of scallop shells, this dress has a circular petal skirt composed of concentric rows of overlapping and meandering bands of bias-cut organdie.
Bibliographic reference	De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997. Plate 59.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.389-1988

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	August 21, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83570/seashell-dress-galliano-john/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like