2005.5.1

Images (4)

Fabric_07 Left to right 2005.5.1 (red dress), 70.57.58 (evening dress), 85.187.2 (dress)

Fabric_05 Left to right 76.109.1 (dress), 2012.61.3 (green dress), 2005.5.1 (red dress), 70.57.58 (evening dress), 85.187.2 (white dress), 92.213.1 (cocktail dress), 81.250.1 (ensemble)

Arbiters_98 Left to right 80.126.3 and 81.239.45 (shoe and bag case hidden), 2000.8.4 (metallic dress), 80.71.43 (scarf wall), 78.46.9 (necklace case), 90.188.50 (boots case), 87.52.1 (sheer dress), 88.83.2 (sheer with yellow dress), 92.229.1C (textile wall), 82.237.12 (sheer jumpsuit and jacket), 2008.34.1 (leopard dress), 82.237.13, 82.237.21, 82.237.26, 2007.56.57 (bag, jewelry and bra case), 88.1.119 (suit), 83.190.40 (red dress), 88.157.3 (black dress), 88.171.1 (bodice and skirt), 91.187.20 (scarf wall), P92.57.40, 2001.44.13, 85.76.17 (shoes case), 2006.8.6 (gold button suit), 2001.79.1 (tartan suit), 99.76.10 (dress hidden), 97.71.1EF, 2006.1.1, 99.1.4 (shoes and bag case), 98.142.2 (textile wall), 2005.5.1 (red dress), 2007.36.10 (dress hidden), 98.142.3 (textile wall)

Object: Evening dress

Designer: Isabel Toledo (1961 - 2019)

Date: Spring 1998

Medium: Shot silk taffeta

Country: USA

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2005.5.1

DescriptionHermaphrodite evening dress in red black shot silk taffeta; sleeveless peasant neckline with cap sleeves and deep V-back; asymmetrically draped bubble skirt gathered with cord at waist, thigh and knee, and tapered to ankle length hem; back with three asymmetrical poufs and shorter hem

Label Text:Isabel Toledo’s "Hermaphrodite" evening dress is a result of the designer’s innovative experiments with tension and the effects of gravity on cloth. The fabric pouches are made of silk taffeta that was gathered and then suspended to create amorphous shapes that transform the natural female figure and earn the dress its name. Toledo’s avant-garde sensibility has established her reputation as one of the most forward-thinking designers of our time.

Exhibitions:

Arbiters of Style
American Beauty
Form Follows Fashion
Isabel Toledo
Fabric In Fashion
Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties