Ensemble
2012 (designed)
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Louise Gray is an independent Scottish designer. Trained at Glasgow School of Art and Central Saint Martins, she is known for her colourful, bold-patterned fabrics, and her designs experiment heavily with combinations of textures. This ensemble comes from the I'LL TAKE IT collection, Autumn/Winter 2012. This collection focused on clashing graphic designs, including high contrast black and white pieces. The ensemble comprises a dress with a orange rubber printed sequin front and a black and white printed silk crepe back. The dress is styled with black and white tights and sleeves, black and yellow rubber boots made in collaboration with Polini and a human-hair headdress made by Nasir Mazhar.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 10 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, rubber, sequins, hair, leather, PVC |
| Brief description | Ensemble, I'll Take It collection, orange and silver sequin dress, black and white sleeves and tights, hair headpiece, yellow and black boots, gloves and earrings, designed by Louise Gray, Great Britain, Autumn/Winter 2012 |
| Physical description | Dress, front is silver sequins printed with orange rubbercurve print design. The back is screenprinted dark blue and white silk. White tights and sleeves, printed with black geometric pattern. The sleeves have been made from a pair of tights with the toes cut off. Leather patent PVC boots, yellow with black geometric pattern. The ensemble is accessoried with a large semi-circular headpiece made from blonde human hair held together with shellac, mounted on a headband with metal hair clips and black and yellow spraypaint stripe. It is also accompanied by sequin earrings and plastic transparent bubblewrap gloves with a velvet ribbon trim. |
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| Credit line | Given by Louise Gray |
| Object history | The ensemble comes from Louise Gray's I’LL TAKE IT collection, presented at the 2012 London Fashion Week. |
| Production | Boots were produced in collaboration with Pollini, Italy. Headpiece was made by Nasir Mazhar. Earrings were made by a former intern, now designer, Ed Marler. |
| Summary | Louise Gray is an independent Scottish designer. Trained at Glasgow School of Art and Central Saint Martins, she is known for her colourful, bold-patterned fabrics, and her designs experiment heavily with combinations of textures. This ensemble comes from the I'LL TAKE IT collection, Autumn/Winter 2012. This collection focused on clashing graphic designs, including high contrast black and white pieces. The ensemble comprises a dress with a orange rubber printed sequin front and a black and white printed silk crepe back. The dress is styled with black and white tights and sleeves, black and yellow rubber boots made in collaboration with Polini and a human-hair headdress made by Nasir Mazhar. |
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| Accession number | T.34-2021 |
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| Record created | July 17, 2019 |
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