72.112.19

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Paris Refashioned_14 Left to right 86.49.8 (black dress), 72.91.30 (blue dress), P92.18.1 (hat case), 72.112.21 (orange dress), 72.112.19 (off white dress), 87.1.4 (dress)

MinMax_12 2016.110.3 (glasses), 72.112.19 (dress), 71.213.18DE (boots), 95.72.1 (jumpsuit)

MinMax_30 Left to right 2000.88.1 (dress), 88.75.1 (gold dress), 92.120.1 (dress), 2016.110.3 (glasses), 72.112.19 (dress), 71.213.18DE (boots), 95.72.1 (jumpsuit), 82.69.1 (coat)

MinMax_36 Left to right 2016.110.3 (glasses), 72.112.19 (dress), 71.213.18DE (boots), 95.72.1 (jumpsuit), 82.69.1 (coat), 92.153.1 (dress), 86.12.1 (tunic)

Object: Dress

Brand: Courrèges (French, 1961 - 1986)

Designer: André Courrèges (1923 - 2016)

Date: c. 1968

Medium: Wool

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren

Object number: 72.112.19

DescriptionWhite wool short sleeved dress with wide round neck and cb zipper; couture

Label Text:Courrèges began using white wool in his collections in 1962, and it became a signature of his aesthetic throughout the 1960s. White fabric gave the designer’s clothing a desirably streamlined, sculptural quality, and because it was so difficult to clean, it could also be interpreted as a sign of luxury.

Exhibitions:

Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes