Object: Evening ensemble
Designer:
Rick Owens
(born 1962)
Date: Spring 2011
Medium: Grey cotton faille, polished cotton, and tan plastic
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Rick Owens
Object number: 2011.3.1
DescriptionLight pearl grey evening ensemble; floor length halter dress with long pointed train in polished cotton and coordinating sleeveless midcalf length coat with high stiff collar in cotton faille; large antennae shaped hair comb in tan plastic-simulated horn
Label Text:The fashion journalist Alice Pfeiffer wrote that Rick Owens’s spring 2011 collection, accessorized with spiked combs, appeared “straight out of a dark fairy tale” and was “[s]eemingly inspired by Snow White’s wicked stepmother.”
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)
- Fairy Tale Fashion