2016.104.1

Images (4)

Nature_41 Left to right 2010.18.1 (dress), 2016.104.1 (dress), 2016.55.4 (suit)

Nature_38 Left to right 2016.18.1 (shoes case), 2010.18.1 (dress), 2016.104.1 (dress), 2016.55.4 (suit), 81.224.29 (textile wall), 82.3.66 (hat case), 90.106.15 (ensemble), 2014.63.3 (black dress), 2017.5.1 (dress), 91.241.127 (pink dress), P87.31.11B (black bolero), 69.205.7 (dress)

Nature_37 Left to right 2016.18.1 (shoes case), 2010.18.1 (dress), 2016.104.1 (dress), 2016.55.4 (suit), 81.224.29 (textile wall), 82.3.66 (hat case), 90.106.15 (ensemble), 2014.63.3 (black dress), 91.241.127 (pink dress), P87.31.11B (black bolero), 69.205.7 (dress)

Object: Evening dress

Brand: Alexander McQueen (English, founded 1992)

Designer: Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010)

Date: 2004

Medium: Silk

Country: England

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2016.104.1

DescriptionDress grey silk, one shoulder, floor length, oversized purple pink orchid flower print.

Label Text:Otherworldly images of orchids by photographer Peter Arnold creep across this columnar dress. According to Alexander McQueen, orchids were “pivotal” to his Pantheon ad Lucem collection. Despite the fragile beauty of orchids, they survive under difficult conditions and often grow as harmless attachments on trees. It is likely that these qualities of strength, beauty, and survival appealed to McQueen.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

Force of Nature