82.3.9

Images (6)

Exhibitionism_42 Left to right 82.3.9 (dress), 82.193.4 (tan dress), 2010.86.30 and 2014.36.1 (dress and coat), 84.145.1 (gown), 87.111.4 (plaid jacket), 2006.16.1 (grey suit), 89.90.1 (baseball jacket), 75.85.20 (hat), P89.8.4 (shirt), 82.124.3 (shorts), 2010.1.48 (wrap dress and belt), 68.143.6 (coat and dress), 88.88.1 (orange ensemble), 68.143.68 (grey halter dress)

YSL+Halston_35 Left to right 82.3.1 (orange caftan), 92.109.4 (satin dress), 82.3.9 (dress and stole), 80.128.4 (red dress)

Exhibitionism_17 Left to right 82.3.9 (dress), 82.193.4 (tan dress), 2010.86.30 and 2014.36.1 (dress and coat), 84.145.1 (gown)

YSL+Halston_31 Left to right 96.119.11 (red jacket and pants), 86.126.11 (jumpsuit), 91.241.11 (brown tie dye ensemble), 76.69.8 (red dress), 82.3.1 (orange caftan), 92.109.4 (satin dress), 82.3.9 (dress and stole), 80.128.4 (red dress), 88.81.1 (black dress), P88.1.1 (beaded dress), 88.178.1 (gold pantsuit), 92.222.7 (green dress), 93.98.1 (hat), 2006.35.2 (dress), 86.126.13C (black pants), 88.73.1 (printed silk ensemble)

Object: Evening set

Designer: Halston (1932 - 1990)

Retailer: Bergdorf Goodman (American, founded 1899)

Date: 1976

Medium: Hammered silk satin

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Frederick Supper

Object number: 82.3.9

DescriptionEvening dress with matching stole. Evening dress of pale peach pink hammered satin; strapless with self tie at CF neckline; one-piece; floor length bias cut. Matching stole: one-piece bias tube.

Label Text:Halston's elegant satin gown was inspired by the idea of wrapping the body with a bath towel and tying it over the breasts. Its structure, of course, is not that simple.

In Collection(s)

1970s

Exhibitions:

Halston: Absolute Modernism, Retrospective and Minimalism
Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Seventh Avenue: Fashion Walk of Fame
American Beauty
Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA
Form Follows Fashion