Object: Dress
Designer:
Rudi Gernreich
(1922 - 1985)
Date: Fall 1968
Medium: Wool knit
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of JoAn Paganetti
Object number: 94.105.1
DescriptionShift dress in black wool knit with ivory vertical wavy lines; ivory wool knit inserted at neck and shoulders for a slashed look; cowl style neck, long sleeves and seam pockets
Label Text:Rudi Gernreich’s design recalls a style that was fashionable during the late fifteenth century, when some sleeves were attached to a garment’s shoulder by ribbons. Wearers would then pull through swaths of their white linen undergarments through the gaps in the ribbons to create volume and contrast.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Statement Sleeves