Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Stephen Burrows
(born 1943)
Date: 1973
Medium: Multicolor rayon jersey
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2000.97.1
DescriptionLong A-line halter shift in peach pink, color block beige, red, yellow and black rayon jersey, diagonally pieced, with zigzag topstitching at neck and hem; plunging V-neck with upper bodice tapered to point, extending to short rouleau straps
Label Text:Stephen Burrows is celebrated for his use of vivid color combinations and color blocking. Geraldine Stutz, former president of Henri Bendel, once observed that “he stretches a rainbow over the body.” Model Pat Cleveland wore a version of this dress at the 1973 Palace of Versailles fashion show, a spectacle that pitted American and French designers against one another.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Capital of Fashion
- Seventh Avenue: Fashion Walk of Fame
- Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)