Object: Dress
Brand:
Givenchy Couture
Designer:
Alexander McQueen
(1969 - 2010)
Date: Fall/Winter 1999
Medium: Pale green silk crinkle chiffon with silver paint
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Susan Gutfreund
Object number: 2011.23.1
DescriptionSet, evening dress and sash; pale green floor length evening dress with flared ruffle tiered skirt and train in crinkle silk chiffon with silver abstract print hand painted or sprayed on - has rubbery texture - wide horizontal stripe print at bodice, high turtleneck collar with pin tucks and ruffle at edge, long full sleeves, extra wide cuffs with pin tucks and ruffle cuff edge; coordinating grey tie sash in crinkle silk chiffon; Couture, Custom Made
Label Text:The inspiration for Alexander McQueen’s Fall/Winter 1999 couture collection for Givenchy was The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, an 1833 painting by Paul Delaroche that depicts the 16th-century beheading of England’s “Nine Days’ Queen.” McQueen’s work was often characterized by dark, yet romantic historical references.
Exhibitions:
- RetroSpective