99.67.1

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Rainbow_3 Left to right 95.128.1 (red dress), 90.163.3 (orange dress), 90.188.33 (yellow dress), 2005.71.3 (green dress), 78.208.1 (blue coat), 86.7.1 (purple dress), 99.67.1 (white dress), 2003.32.2 (black dress)

Object: Evening dress

Brand: Calvin Klein (American, founded 1968)

Designer: Calvin Klein (born 1942)

Date: Spring 1998

Medium: Silk georgette

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Calvin Klein, Inc.

Object number: 99.67.1

DescriptionEvening dress in white silk georgette, cap sleeve bodice with asymmetrical hand stitched smocking, and elasticized, bubbled hem; matching camisole style slip

Label Text:“There will always be women who go for purity,” observed Calvin Klein in 1993. Although his work had long shown minimalist tendencies, Klein pushed the aesthetic to its limits during the nineties. His clothes were immaculately constructed and, perhaps most important, they were designs that women were able to imagine themselves wearing.

Exhibitions:

Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion