Object: Dress
Designer:
Sonia Rykiel
(1930 - 2016)
Retailer:
Laura
Date: c. 1966
Medium: Knit
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Sandy Horvitz
Object number: 77.213.4
DescriptionNavy blue and white lacoste knit mini dress; narrow knitted on white collar edged with navy; three button T shirt band in white edged with navy at front; short sleeves with narrow white band cuff edged with navy; small red polar bear appliqué at right bust has embroidered L (Laura) below
Label Text:This polo dress is one of numerous styles that Sonia Rykiel adapted from athletic wear. The inspiration for this dress – the polo shirt – is a French design, created by the tennis player Rene Lacoste during the 1920s. Audrey Hepburn, an enthusiastic Rykiel client, modeled a similarly sporty knit dress for American Vogue in 1966.
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968