Object: Ensemble
Designer:
Ralph Lauren
(born 1939)
Date: 1981
Medium: Cotton chambray, off white cotton, and painted chamois leather
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Lisa Battista Giglio
Object number: 2000.93.1
DescriptionSet; long ruffled Prairie dress in blue cotton chambray, wrap cardigan Fair Isle sweater hand knit in heavy off white cotton with red, blue and multicolor patterned bands, and fringed gauntlets in light tan chamois leather painted with arrows and diamonds
Label Text:Ralph Lauren’s famous 1981 “Prairie” collection played on the romance of the “Old West.” Denim and chambray featured heavily in the looks. Here, Lauren combined a chambray dress with fringed leather gloves, Navajo jewelry, and the oversized silhouette prevalent in early 1980s fashion. To further romanticize his collection, Lauren shot the advertising campaign outside, in overgrown fields, against the background of an open plain.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Denim: Fashion’s Frontier
- Seventh Avenue: Fashion Walk of Fame