Object: Dress
Brand:
Mademoiselle Arlette
Designer:
Arlette Nastat
(born 1937)
Date: c. 1966
Medium: Linen
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2016.17.1
DescriptionBlack and pink sleeveless dress in linen like fabric possibly synthetic; fabric flower at CF neck; black ball buttons at CF bodice; self-fabric trim
Label Text:Arlette Nastat co-owned the high-end, ready-to-wear boutique Réal, and she also acted as its designer. In the United States, Réal fashions were adapted by a Seventh Avenue manufacturer and marketed under the name Mademoiselle Arlette. Nastat’s trendy designs were favored by French fashion icons such as Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, and Sylvie Vartan.
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968