2023.34.1

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From left to right: Green dress, c.1830 (P88.28.1); sleeve puffs, c.1829 (2023.28.1); red dress, c.1895 (2019.83.1); red robe, c.1935 (2011.25.1); suit by Schiaparelli, 1935 (87.70.2); dress by Carolina Herrera, fall 1981 (88.105.13); dress by Madame Grès, c.1980 (82.234.3); dress by LaQuan Smith, spring 2022 (2023.34.1)

Selections from the Opening Statements section of the exhibition. From left to right: evening dress by Carolina Herrera, fall 1981 (88.105.13); evening dress by Madame Grès, c.1980 (82.234.3); dress by LaQuan Smith, spring 2022 (2023.34.1).

Object: Evening dress

Designer: LaQuan Smith (born 1988)

Date: Spring 2022

Medium: Acetate faille

Country: USA

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2023.34.1

DescriptionDark blue acetate faille dress with large puffy oversleeves over long sleeves, plung neck and back, eight ties at back, straight skirt with high front slit, zip back

Label Text:In July 2022, Vogue announced that “The puff-sleeve trend is here to stay.” LaQuan Smith’s original take on the style layers a voluminous, capelet-like bodice over a tailored dress. The result blends the designer’s signature body-conscious silhouette with a sense of volume and airiness.

In Collection(s)

2020s

Exhibitions:

Statement Sleeves