Object: Evening gown
Designer:
Thierry Mugler
(French, 1948 - 2022)
Date: Fall 1999
Medium: Pink silk satin, black Chantilly lace, and black velvet
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2016.114.2
DescriptionEvening dress with train, long sleeves and high collar in pink silk satin with fitted black Chantilly lace over dress with stylized black velvet appliques at hips, bust and neckline.
Label Text:By placing a pale pink sheath under black lace, Thierry Mugler reinforces pink satin’s association with the exposure of (Caucasian) skin. Pink has been described as “the exposed color” because of its association with nakedness and, by extension, with vulnerability and eroticism. “In light-skinned people, the color of the thin layer of skin tends toward pink,” writes Barbara Nemitz, editor of Pink: The Exposed Color in Contemporary Art and Culture.
Exhibitions:
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color
- Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion