Woman's Evening Dress

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Woman's Evening Dress

1968-1969

In the 1960s, Geoffrey Beene declared traditional ball gowns passé. Reflecting his nonchalant attitude, this mini dress is cut in the fashionable "little girl look" but opulently embellished. Beene used red lace embroidered with nubby metallic yarns and encrusted the sheer yoke with a colorful and varied assortment of glittering three-dimensional sequins, beads, and gems.

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Object Details

Title:

Woman's Evening Dress

Date:

1968-1969

Artist:

Medium:

Cotton/acrylic machine-made lace with cotton/metallic bouclé yarn machine embroidery, nylon net with plastic sequins, beads, artificial gems, and metallic embroidery

Dimensions:

Center Back Length: 34 inches (86.4 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of Susan Sackner, 1991

Accession Number:

1991-127-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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