Object: Suit
Brand:
Dorothée Bis
(French, founded 1962)
Date: c. 1964
Medium: Suede
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Sandy Horvitz
Object number: 77.57.9
DescriptionBattle jacket in brown suede; matching two gore slight A-line skirt
Label Text:The Dorothée Bis boutique was founded in 1962. The following year, the New York Times said that it was, “considered the most advanced and experimental of the ready-to-wear teen-age shops, [and] keeps its prices low . . . adventurous designs must be priced so that the many rather than the few can afford them.”
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968