Woman's Evening Dress

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Woman's Evening Dress

Fall/Winter 1966-1967

Yves Saint Laurent presented this dress with his tenth haute couture collection for his own label. The thirty-year-old designer was said to speak for the moment with his "here today, gone tomorrow, young, amused" approach to fashion. Embroidery by the luxury studio Lanel creates a silver pyramid of space-age modernity from three kinds of silver plastic sequins: large diamonds, medium-sized parallelograms, and smaller circular faceted sequins.

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Object Details

Title:

Woman's Evening Dress
Silver Evening Dress

Date:

Fall/Winter 1966-1967

Artist:

Medium:

Plastic sequins on sheer silk plain weave over rayon taffeta

Dimensions:

Center Front Length: 53 inches (134.6 cm) Center Back Length: 53 1/4 inches (135.3 cm) Waist: 32 inches (81.3 cm) Circumference (Bust): 35 1/2 inches (90.2 cm) Length (collar to waist): 15 inches (38.1 cm) Width (Center Back Opening): 22 inches (55.9 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Jack M. Friedland, 1971

Accession Number:

1971-67-3

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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