Woman's Two-Piece Dress: Top and Skirt

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Woman's Two-Piece Dress: Top and Skirt

Spring/Summer 1988

Designed by Christian Lacroix (French, born 1951) Label Christian Lacroix Luxe, Paris (active late 1980s)

From the "candy box" heart full of three-dimensional silk buds to the bright stems printed on cotton woven with a raised pattern, Christian Lacroix’s peplum-waisted dress is covered with roses. Theatrical, decorative, and unabashedly romantic, Lacroix’s designs revitalized couture in the late 1980s, bringing frivolity to high fashion. His over-the-top creations were often ornamented with fabric flowers, which he loved. Silk roses, he claimed, are almost more intoxicating than real ones.

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Object Details

Titles:

Woman's Two-Piece Dress: Top and Skirt

Date:

Spring/Summer 1988

Artists:

Designed by Christian Lacroix (French, born 1951) Label Christian Lacroix Luxe, Paris (active late 1980s)

Medium:

Printed cotton/acrylic complex weave, silk plain weave flowers, polyester plain weave ribbon

Dimensions:

Center Back Length (Top): 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm) Center Front Length (Top): 16 1/2 inches (41.9 cm) Length (Skirt): 21 inches (53.3 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of Kathleen P. Field, 2014

Accession Number:

2014-205-3a,b

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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