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Dress

2013-2014 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dolce & Gabbana (designer)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Printed silk dress with sequins and Swarovski crystals, crown and shoes, Dolce & Gabbana, Autumn/Winter, 2013/2014

Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Fashion
Object type
Dress
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Dress
  • Crown
  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Printed silk with sequins and Swarovski crystals Shoes: synthetic mesh, metal and leather
Silk (Textile)
Sequins
Metal
Leather
Printed
Brief description
Printed silk dress with sequins and Swarovski crystals, crown and shoes, Dolce & Gabbana, Autumn/Winter, 2013/2014
Physical description
Printed silk dress with sequins and Swarovski crystals, crown and shoes, Dolce & Gabbana, Autumn/Winter, 2013/2014
Dimensions
  • Bust circumference: 82cm (Note: These dimensions were taken for mounting purposes for the Glamour of Italian Fashion exhibition)
  • Circumference: 66cm (waist)
  • Length: 125cm (nape to hem)
  • Height: 175mm (Shoe's height) (Note: Measurements taken by conservation for the exhibition: Shoes Pleasure and Pain (2015-2016))
  • Width: 85mm (Shoe's width ) (Note: Measurements taken by conservation for the exhibition: Shoes Pleasure and Pain (2015-2016))
  • Depth: 225mm (Shoe's depth) (Note: Measurements taken by conservation for the exhibition: Shoes Pleasure and Pain (2015-2016))
Gallery label
(05/04/2014 - 27/07/2014)
Label in the exhibtion "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"

DRESS WITH SICILIAN MOSAICS
Dolce & Gabbana, Autumn/Winter 2013/14
Printed silk with sequins and Swarovski crystals
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are inspired by their Italian heritage, particularly southern Italian imagery and religious iconography. This dress features images of mosaics from Sicily’s celebrated Cathedral of Monreale. Such cultural references have infused Dolce & Gabbana collections and advertising campaigns since its founding in 1985.
GIVEN BY DOLCE & GABBANA
V&A: T.13:1, 2-2014
Credit line
Given by Dolce & Gabbana
Object history
Similar garments from the Dolce & Gabbana Autumn/Winter 2013/2014 collection were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum for the exhibition 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination', May-October 2018.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.13:1 to 4-2014

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Record createdOctober 3, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1273368/dress-dolce--gabbana/
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