75.112.5

Images (7)

Fashion A-Z (II)_12 Left to right 81.250.2 (ensemble), 2002.18.1 (dress), 75.112.5 (mini dress), P91.53.1 (ensemble), 2009.16.26 (bodysuit and skirt), 2008.34.2 (metallic dress), 71.213.44 and P91.98.21 (shoes case)

Fashion and Politics_20 Left to right P90.37.4 (textile wall), 86.136.9 (silver dress), 88.25.1 (pink dress), 77.183.2CD (boots case), 89.141.16 (glasses case), 76.69.54 (belt case), 86.66.9 (hat case), 75.112.5 (dress and socks), 2003.73.1 (swimsuit), P90.13.1 (coat), 91.181.13 (scarf wall), 86.144.12 (boots case), P92.57.19 (jumper)

Fashion A-Z (II)_17 Left to right 81.250.2 (ensemble), 2002.18.1 (dress), 75.112.5 (mini dress), P91.53.1 (ensemble)

Uniformity_20 Left to right P89.40.25 (striped jacket), 2012.2.1 (jacket), 2010.24.3 (girl's uniform), 2010.24.4 (suit uniform), 2015.60.1(skirt uniform), 75.112.5 (mini dress)

Uniformity_23 2015.60.1(uniform), 75.112.5 (mini dress)

Object: Dress

Designer: Rudi Gernreich (1922 - 1985)

Date: Fall 1967

Medium: Wool

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Gabriele Knecht

Object number: 75.112.5

DescriptionBlack and white check wool mini dress with red bow at neck matching shorts and coordinating socks

Label Text:This ensemble explores the inherent contradiction between school-age innocence and the sexual precocity of the “Lolita.” Gernreich’s fetishized “schoolgirl” was shocking, even daring, and the 1960s miniskirt was a symbol of the sexual revolution. As Rebecca Arnold wrote: “Eroticism became a playful way of flaunting new moral codes that mocked the hypocrisy of the establishment.”

Exhibitions:

Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)
Uniformity
Fashion & Politics