Object: Dress
Brand:
Poster Dress
(British, founded 1967)
Designer:
Harry Gordon
(1930 - 2007)
Date: 1968
Medium: Printed non-woven rayon and nylon
Country: England
Credit Line: Gift of Estelle Ellis
Object number: 88.25.2
DescriptionPaper dress; A-line mini-dress in white non-woven fabric with engineered photo print of Bob Dylan's face in black stippled dots; sleeveless, with open round neck and Velcro closure at left shoulder
Label Text:Graphic artist Harry Gordon created most of his designs from photographs “blown up to maximum.” His first series for Poster Dresses Ltd. featured images of an eye, an Allen Ginsburg poem, a rocket, a rose, a cat’s face—and this Pop Art style portrait of Bob Dylan.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Youthquake: The 1960's Fashion Revolution