Object: Corset top
Designer:
Vivienne Westwood
(British, 1941 - 2022)
Date: Fall 1990
Medium: Polyamide and polyester / Lycra blend
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2019.64.1
DescriptionIridescent beige and gold long sleeve corset bodice with photographic print of François Boucher painting detail at front, 18th century style, boning, CB zipper
Label Text:Vivienne Westwood introduced her eighteenth-century-style corset bodices during the 1980s, but the influential “Portrait” collection marked the first time that she printed a painting onto her designs. The artwork depicted here—François Boucher’s Daphnis and Chloe from 1743—is part of the Wallace Collection in London, where the designer frequently sought inspiration.
Exhibitions:
- Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties