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Dress

1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Galitzine (made by)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Evening dress, Irene Galitzine, Italy, 1955

Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Fashion
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Dress
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dress
  • Petticoat
Materials and techniques
Nylon net with satin bow, zip fastening
Brief description
Evening dress, Irene Galitzine, Italy, 1955
Gallery label
(05/04/2014-27/07/2014)
Label for the exhibition: "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"

COCKTAIL DRESS AND PETTICOAT
Irene Galitzine, about 1955
Silk and nylon net
By the early 1960s, British women, following their American and European counterparts, began to embrace Italian style. This dress was purchased by Londoner Caroline Colthurst. Slightly bolder in her fashion choices than most British consumers, Colthurst became familiar with Italian fashion when she was an assistant to the fashion writer Ernestine Carter of the Sunday Times.
GIVEN BY MRS COLTHURST
V&A: T.412&A-1970
Credit line
Given by Mrs Colthurst
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.412&A-1970

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O352823/dress-galitzine/
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