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Dress

Dress

  • Place of origin:

    United Kingdom (made)

  • Date:

    1982 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Bill Gibb, born 1943 - died 1988 (designer and maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted panné velvet

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Sandi Lacey

  • Museum number:

    T.437:1, 2-1995

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Bill Gibb launched his own label in the early 1970s, with instant success. His fascination with a variety of textile techniques is typified by this hand-painted velvet ensemble. Gibb used the panels of these garments as canvases for a moody landscape in which a bright rainbow arches over a glowering sky and corn field. The ensemble’s long, lean line is emphasised by the asymmetrical cut of the tunic. Sandi Lacey, who created Bill Gibb’s graphics, wore this and other Bill Gibb designs.

Physical description

Panné velvet skirt and top painted with landscape.
[Skirt] Panné velvet skirt painted with a graphic landscape cut long and straight.
[Top] Panné velvet top painted with a graphic landscape, cut with a wide, boat-neck and asymmetrical hem.

Place of Origin

United Kingdom (made)

Date

1982 (made)

Artist/maker

Bill Gibb, born 1943 - died 1988 (designer and maker)

Materials and Techniques

Painted panné velvet

Object history note

Registered File number 1995/1046.

Descriptive line

Painted panné velvet skirt and top, Suit, top and skirt, painted velvet, Bill Gibb, Great Britain, 1982.

Exhibition History

The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997 (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/03/1997-27/07/1997)

Labels and date

Bill Gibb used the panels of these garments as canvases for a moody landscape. A bright rainbow arches over a glowering sky and corn field. The long, lean line is emphasised by the asymmetrical cut of the tunic. Sandi Lacey, who created Bill Gibb's graphics, wore this and other Bill Gibb designs. [1997]

Techniques

Painted; Velvet weave

Subjects depicted

Landscape

Categories

Textiles; Fashion; Women's clothes

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O83771
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