2004.29.1

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RetroSpective_43 Left to right 84.92.7, 80.181.34, 2013.7.1 (shoes case), 2001.63.9 (jacket), 81.24.27 (ensemble), 95.77.2 (shorts suit), P92.5.34 (top and shorts), 93.52.1 (vest and shorts hidden), 2003.100.18 (shoes case), 98.83.1 (hat ensemble), P93.12.4 (textile wall), 72.109.1 (petticoat dress), 2010.89.1 (black dress), 80.157.123 (corset), 98.39.1B (textile wall), 65.132.1 (wool suit), 2004.29.1 (shawl collar suit)

RetroSpective_47 Left to right 98.39.1B (textile wall), 65.132.1 (ensemble), 99.77.1 (evening suit), 2004.29.1 (shawl collar suit)

Object: Suit

Designer: Dries Van Noten (born 1958)

Date: Fall 2000

Medium: Black and white wool, Spandex, and black nylon

Country: Belgium

Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Lieberman

Object number: 2004.29.1

DescriptionSuit in black and white wool/Spandex tweed with sparkle of fine black nylon machine embroidered and clipped; jacket with wide, voluminous shawl collar variation on deep V-neck, stylized kimono sleeve with shaped full-length underarm panel, single CF concealed button; straight skirt

Label Text:Van Noten’s inspiration for his Fall 2000 collection was the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of London intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s. However, the voluminous collar of the suit reads as an updated version of the shawl collars Dior favored on his suits during the 1950s.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

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