82.3.2

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Rainbow_67 Left to right 82.3.2 (orange dress), 70.62.1 (pink dress), 2003.89.1 (textile wall), U.368 (shoes case), 2004.50.2 (earrings case), 2005.77.3 (hat case), 91.14.5 (bag case), 83.164.2 (shoes case), 84.145.1 (evening gown), 93.129.3 (satin pantsuit), 83.13.6 (black dress), 96.119.11 (red ensemble), 94.85.12 (textile wall)

Rainbow_65 Left to right 82.3.2 (orange dress), 70.62.1 (pink dress), 2003.89.1 (textile wall), U.368 (shoes case)

Rainbow_57 Left to right 69.170.5 (hat case), 74.107.243 (pin, earrings case), 79.169.6 (bag and shoes case), 82.208.3 (wrap bodice dress), 71.265.7 (black dress), 77.228.2 (pale pink dress), 76.166.10 (floral dress), 82.3.2 (orange dress), 70.62.1 (pink dress), 2003.89.1 (textile wall), U.368 (shoes case), 2004.50.2 (earrings case), 2005.77.3 (hat case), 91.14.5 (bag case), 83.164.2 (shoes case)

Object: Dress

Designer: Pierre Cardin (1922 - 2021)

Date: c. 1968

Medium: Wool crepe

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Frederick Supper

Object number: 82.3.2

DescriptionRed / orange sleeveless mini dress in wool with self streamer - like loop fringe, fitted bodice yoke, (Car Wash dress, ES and FD to confirm)

Label Text:This dress at once obscures the figure and turns the wearer into a work of art. It was created from streamers that were suspended from the yoke of the bodice, then caught and sewn at the hem to form long loops. Although generally considered a "futuristic" designer, Cardin has clearly cited the tubular silhouette and emphasis on motion of the "flapper" dresses of the 1920s. The hem is reminiscent of the innovative barrel and bubble shapes Cardin introduced in the late 1950s, but the dress was updated for the Sixties with a mini-length skirt and youthful, bright orange-red wool fabric.

Like rising hemlines, extremely vivid, “loud” colors were part of a youthful revolution in fashion, whereby standards of “good taste” were ruthlessly swept aside in the pursuit of personal expression.

Exhibitions:

She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997