Design
1964 (made)
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As part of the fashion house of Bellville Sassoon, David Sassoon was one of the leading couturiers in Britain for five decades. The house is well known for dressing the wealthy and famous, particularly young aristocrats requiring formal ballgowns. This dress was designed for Lady Ritblat, who wore it to her engagement party in 1964. The dress itself is also in the V&A's collection, museum number T.77-1996.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawing in black ink, pencil and pink pencil with fabric samples stapled to the sheet |
| Brief description | Design for 'Candida' evening dress by David Sassoon, Great Britain, 1964 |
| Physical description | Fashion design showing the front and back of a pink evening dress. The outline of the dress and of the female model are drawn in black ink, while the details of the dress are drawn in pencil and pink pencil. Samples of the proposed fabric are stapled to the sheet in two places: at the bottom of the sheet there is a sample of tear-shaped pendant decorations made of pink beads on gauze, over a pale pink ground; above them is a sample of the same tear-shaped decorations on gauze with pink diamantes at the top and centre of each pendant. 'Candida', the name of the design, is written in the upper right corner. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Credit line | Given by David Sassoon |
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| Summary | As part of the fashion house of Bellville Sassoon, David Sassoon was one of the leading couturiers in Britain for five decades. The house is well known for dressing the wealthy and famous, particularly young aristocrats requiring formal ballgowns. This dress was designed for Lady Ritblat, who wore it to her engagement party in 1964. The dress itself is also in the V&A's collection, museum number T.77-1996. |
| Associated object | T.77-1996 (Object) |
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| Accession number | E.638-2014 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2013 |
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