Object: Dress
Designer:
Veronique Branquinho
(born 1973)
Date: Spring 2000
Medium: Cotton and nylon
Country: Belgium
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2020.12.1
DescriptionCotton muslin dress with black net overlay, fitted bodice, narrow shoulder straps, shirred draped skirt held in place with twill tape straps attached to detachable pocket, deconstruction
Label Text:Veronique Branquinho was part of a group from Antwerp’s Royal Academy who gained international fame during the 1990s. Journalist Anne-Marie Schiro described the designer’s work as “somewhere between tradition and experimentation.” That duality is exemplified by this dress, which merges elements of deconstruction with a stereotypically feminine, 1950s-inspired silhouette.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties