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Dress

Dress
2021
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The dress features details from both menswear and womenswear. It is asymmetrical: on the wearer’s right, it features a shirt-like construction with long sleeve, cuffs and tailored shoulder; the central panel opens to reveal a dress with a motif of small embroidered flowers; on the left, the dress is sleeveless and incorporates embellishments inspired by painted murals from Charleston in Sussex, home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and a meeting point for members of the Bloomsbury group.

Object details

Object type
TitleDress
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Dress designed by Kim Jones for Fendi Couture Spring/Summer 2021 collection
Physical description
The dress features details from both menswear and womenswear. It is asymmetrical: on the wearer’s right, it features a shirt-like construction with long sleeve, cuffs and tailored shoulder; the central panel opens to reveal a dress with a motif of small embroidered flowers; on the left, the dress is sleeveless and incorporates embellishments inspired by painted murals from Charleston in Sussex, home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and a meeting point for members of the Bloomsbury group.
Credit line
Given by Fendi
Collection
Accession number
T.2454-2021

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Record createdDecember 2, 2021
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