Dress
1960s (made)
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This dress was made for a young girl of around four years old and was designed by Pierre Cardin specifically to be sold for the American luxury department store, Neiman Marcus in the 1960s. The use of a strong geometric cut and simple colour palette of cream with a red stylised heart-shaped motif and border make this a recognisable Cardin-designed dress.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand and machine stitched and appliqué |
| Brief description | Dress, girl's, cream with heart-shaped motif by Pierre Cardin for Neiman Marcus, made in France, 1960s. |
| Physical description | Dress for a child around four years old. The dress is made of a thick cream material. Its shape is sleeveless and a-line shape with a pointed hem that dips down at the centre front and back of the dress. The dress has hand stitched appliqué detail around the bottom of the dress comprising a 5cm border of red fabric that marks the bottom pointed hem all around and forms in to a heart-shaped motif in the centre of the bottom portion of the dress in the same fabric piece as the border. The dress is constructed with one front panel and two back panels with a zip fastening from the back of the neck down to about waist height. It is fully lined in a hand stitched cream-coloured polyester. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Object history | Designed and made exclusively for Neiman Marcus. |
| Production | Designed and made exclusively for Neiman Marcus Attribution note: Made exclusively for Neiman Marcus |
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| Summary | This dress was made for a young girl of around four years old and was designed by Pierre Cardin specifically to be sold for the American luxury department store, Neiman Marcus in the 1960s. The use of a strong geometric cut and simple colour palette of cream with a red stylised heart-shaped motif and border make this a recognisable Cardin-designed dress. |
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| Accession number | B.92-2009 |
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| Record created | April 21, 2009 |
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