88.105.13

Images (4)

From left to right: Green dress, c.1830 (P88.28.1); sleeve puffs, c.1829 (2023.28.1); red dress, c.1895 (2019.83.1); red robe, c.1935 (2011.25.1); suit by Schiaparelli, 1935 (87.70.2); dress by Carolina Herrera, fall 1981 (88.105.13); dress by Madame Grès, c.1980 (82.234.3); dress by LaQuan Smith, spring 2022 (2023.34.1)

Selections from the Opening Statements section of the exhibition. From left to right: evening dress by Carolina Herrera, fall 1981 (88.105.13); evening dress by Madame Grès, c.1980 (82.234.3); dress by LaQuan Smith, spring 2022 (2023.34.1).

Object: Evening gown

Brand: Carolina Herrera (American, founded 1981)

Designer: Carolina Herrera (born 1939)

Date: Fall 1981

Medium: Silk taffeta and cut velvet

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Carolina Herrera, Ltd.

Object number: 88.105.13

DescriptionBlack silk taffeta gown with cut velvet squares

Label Text:1980s fashions by socialite-turned-designer Carolina Herrera were renowned for their large, opulent sleeves. “When you sit at a table, what is most important is everything that can be seen from the waist up,” she explained to Women’s Wear Daily. “That is why I pay so much attention to sleeves. They make you important.”

In Collection(s)

1980s

Exhibitions:

Statement Sleeves