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Dress

1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Fontana Fashion House (designer)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Evening dress of black wool crêpe.

Object details

Categories
Evening Wear
Womenswear
Fashion
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Dress
Materials and techniques
Wool crêpe
Wool (Textile)
Crêpe
Brief description
Evening dress of black wool crêpe, designed by Sorelle Fontana, Rome, 1960s
Physical description
Evening dress of black wool crêpe.
Gallery label
(05/04/2014-27/07/2014)
Label for the exhibition: "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"

EVENING DRESS FOR AVA GARDNER
Sorelle Fontana, about 1960
Wool
Located just off Rome’s Spanish Steps, couture house Sorelle Fontana catered to the Italian elite along with a host of Hollywood celebrities.
Actress Ava Gardner was among their most loyal clients. The Fontana sisters designed film costumes for Gardner as well as private commissions such
as this wool crêpe dress.
GIVEN BY MRS BEATRICE COLE AND MRS MYRA PEARCE
IN MEMORY OF MISS AVA GARDNER
V&A: T.291-1990
Credit line
Given by Mrs Beatrice Cole and Mrs Myra Pearce, in memory of Miss Ava Gardner
Object history
Registered File number 1990/1420.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.291-1990

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367210/dress-fontana-fashion-house/
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