Sandal
early 2007 (made), 26th August 2007 (worn)
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| Place of origin |
White plastic flip-flops.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | plastic |
| Brief description | Wedding flip flop sandals, USA; Abercrombie & Fitch; 2007; white plastic. Worn by Katie Turner for her marriage to Andrew Hayward, August 2007. |
| Physical description | White plastic flip-flops. |
| Production type | Ready to wear |
| Marks and inscriptions | EST 1892
Abercrombie
& Fitch]
NEW YORK (Stamped into heel of plastic on each flip-flop) |
| Gallery label | Wedding dress with silk flowers
Vera Wang (b.1949)
USA, Spring 2007 bridal collection
Flip flops: Abercrombie & Fitch
American designer Vera Wang founded her bridal wear company in 1990. She offered women ready-made and custom-made dresses that fused tradition with contemporary fashion. New Yorker Katie Turner's trained gown is unmistakably a wedding dress, but the applied silk flowers and delicate weave decoration on the bodice reflect the fashions for 2007.
Dress: tissue organza and satin-faced organza
Flip flops: plastic
Lent by the American Friends of the V&A(2011) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Linda and Robert Turner in honor of Katie Turner |
| Object history | Worn with a Vera Wang gown by Katie Bella Turner on the occasion of her marriage to Andrew Robert Hayward on Sunday 26 August, 2007, at the Old Field Club, Setauket, New York. The dress was originally worn on the Vera Wang catwalk show, and slightly modified (by the addition of shoulder straps and draped organza cap-sleeves) for the bride. |
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| Accession number | T.1709:1&2-2017 |
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| Record created | January 4, 2010 |
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