Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Galanos
(1924 - 2016)
Designer:
Tzaims Luksus
(born 1932)
Retailer:
Martha
(American, 1934 - 2003)
Date: 1970
Medium: Silk ribbed chiffon
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Maurice S. Polkowitz
Object number: 86.80.1
DescriptionFloor length shift and panel overskirt in taupe silk ribbed chiffon screen printed with black symmetrical linear drawing of classical lion tamer; couture
Label Text:This ensemble from James Galanos’s collection of Spring/Summer 1970 features warrior and lion motifs inspired by ancient Greek pottery. Galanos, a first-generation American, practiced design-by-adaptation using his own Greek heritage.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- The Big, the Bold, and the Beautiful: Hand Screen-Printing for Fashion and Interiors
- The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion