2010.56.1

Images (4)

Fashion A-Z (I)_01 Left to right 2008.61.1 (dress), 2011.5.1 (red dress), 2010.56.1 (mini skirt suit), 98.119.1 (shoes case), 2001.79.1 (suit), 95.7.1 (knit ensemble), 2011.24.1(shawl ensemble), 2009.60.1 (gown), 96.46.11 (purple ensemble)

Exhibitionism_12 Left to right 89.102.2 (pink dress), 2001.44.4 (shirt wall top), 90.179.2 (shirt wall middle), 90.179.1 (shirt wall bottom), 2012.36.2 (printed dress), 2010.56.1 (skirt suit), 78.57.6 (blue pantsuit), 2008.28.1 and 2008.28.2 (leather vest and pants), 88.134.28 (jacket)

Fashion A-Z (I)_20 Left to right 2008.61.1 (dress), 2011.5.1 (red dress), 2010.56.1 (suit)

Object: Suit

Brand: Versace (Italian, founded 1978)

Designer: Gianni Versace (1946 - 1997)

Date: 1991

Medium: Multicolor cotton and silk

Country: Italy

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2010.56.1

DescriptionSuit; cotton / silk blend cropped jacket and mini skirt with multicolor allover Andy Warhol print featuring faces of Marylin Monroe and James Dean, blue trim with rows of topstitching and rhinestone buttons down CF jacket.

Label Text:Gianni Versace’s bold and sensual designs were criticized as well as praised for their flamboyance, but they made him a powerful force in fashion design during the 1980s and 1990s. The designer’s fascination with popular culture, art, and celebrity is evident in this suit, which features an Andy Warhol print bearing the portraits of actors James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.

In Collection(s)

1990s

Exhibitions:

Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part One)
A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk