Dress
1984 (made), 1985 (collection (fashion))
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Cream wool dress, unlined, with sleeves cut to shape (curved) and seam centre front. V-neck with sailor's collar and zip down the back. Skirt split at front from hem with excessive length of skirt rolled up and stitched to dress at back. Dress has been cut and stitched into trousers with a hole as a feature just below crotch. It is then taken out and reverts to being a dress.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Machine stitched woven wool |
| Brief description | Cream wool dress with excessive rolled up hem, designed by John Galliano, London, Spring/Summer 1985 |
| Physical description | Cream wool dress, unlined, with sleeves cut to shape (curved) and seam centre front. V-neck with sailor's collar and zip down the back. Skirt split at front from hem with excessive length of skirt rolled up and stitched to dress at back. Dress has been cut and stitched into trousers with a hole as a feature just below crotch. It is then taken out and reverts to being a dress. |
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| Credit line | Given by Slim Barrett. |
| Object history | From Galliano's first show at Olympia, London Fashion Week, October 1984. This was his Spring/Summer 1985 collection, Afghanistan Repudiates Western Ideals. This was Galliano's second collection, following his graduate collection, Les Incroyables, at Central St. Martins. |
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| Accession number | T.920-2000 |
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| Record created | August 19, 2003 |
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