Object: Belt
Designer:
Pierre Cardin
(1922 - 2021)
Date: c. 1968
Medium: Black patent leather, silver metal, and acrylic
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Elaine Cohen
Object number: 91.210.27
DescriptionFuturistic belt in black patent with silver plaque buckle set with large cabouchon
Label Text:Space Age fashion, led by couturiers André Courrèges, Pierre Cardin, and Paco Rabanne, was a French iteration of youth-driven fashion. Inspired by the Atomic Age and the Space Race, these styles were widely copied during the mid to late 1960s. Their smooth surfaces, geometrics, metals, and plastics broke with traditional femininity, expressing optimism for technology and the future.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Head to Toe
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968