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Homage a Levi Strauss

Dress
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cinzia Ruggeri trained in the applied arts at the Accademia delle Arti Applicate in Milan. She worked for a time as design director for her father's ready-to-wear company, Unimac SpA. In 1977 she began to produce her own collections. She was closely connected with the radical design scene in Milan in the late 1970s and was an associate of the group Memphis, though she had no formal relationship with them. This dress features a stepped ziggurat form along the collar and skirt. The ziggurat was a form which she used repeatedly in the mid-1980s. Ruggeri describes this as a personal symbol it was also a common motif in post-modern architecture and design of the 1980s.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHomage a Levi Strauss (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Silk.
Brief description
Dress, 'Homage a Levi Strauss', double silk, designed by Cinzia Ruggeri, 1983, Italy.
Physical description
Dress of green silk with a stepped 'ziggurat' form along the collar and skirt. The dress has an off-centre front zip, and a deep front pocket. The elbow-length sleeves fasten by a single button.
Dimensions
  • From top of collar to hem length: 136cm
  • Waist circumference: 64cm
  • Hips circumference: 84cm
Marks and inscriptions
Cinzia Ruggeri
Summary
Cinzia Ruggeri trained in the applied arts at the Accademia delle Arti Applicate in Milan. She worked for a time as design director for her father's ready-to-wear company, Unimac SpA. In 1977 she began to produce her own collections. She was closely connected with the radical design scene in Milan in the late 1970s and was an associate of the group Memphis, though she had no formal relationship with them. This dress features a stepped ziggurat form along the collar and skirt. The ziggurat was a form which she used repeatedly in the mid-1980s. Ruggeri describes this as a personal symbol it was also a common motif in post-modern architecture and design of the 1980s.
Collection
Accession number
T.70-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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