2016.17.1

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Paris Refashioned_8 Left to right 82.20.1 (coat) 90.10.1 (tan coat), 76.183.11 (purple coat), P80.9.4 (blue coat), 2016.17.1 (black and pink dress), 78.75.3 (black dress), 90.188.9 (dark blue dress), 80.261.6 (red dress)

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