91.158.1

Images (5)

RetroSpective_12 Left to right P85.56.1 (textile wall), 83.17.1 (bag case), 89.164.150 and 89.164.152 (shoes case), 89.1.1 (choker case), 82.32.1 (sequinned dress), 83.194.1 (top), P90.20.1 (gown), 71.263.3 (shoes case), 86.7.1 (purple dress), 95.173.1 (black dress), 99.14.2 (mini dress), 98.140.1 (jacket), 91.158.1 (gold dress), 98.20.8 (suit), 93.86.9 (textile wall), 93.86.36 (textile wall), 93.86.18 (textile wall)

RetroSpective_17 91.158.1 (dress), 98.20.8 (suit)

MinMax_04 Left to right 2010.1.2 (corset), 2017.50.1 (tartan dress), 2014.44.1 (gown), 91.158.1 (gold dress)

MinMax_02 Left to right 2014.38.2 (dress), 96.123.3 (top, pants), 2019.22.1 (dress), 2010.1.2 (corset), 2017.50.1 (tartan dress), 2014.44.1 (gown), 91.158.1 (gold dress), 2014.63.2 (ensemble), 2019.16.1 (dress)

Object: Evening set

Designer: Zandra Rhodes (born 1940)

Date: 1981

Medium: Gold lamé

Country: England

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Bouke De Vries

Object number: 91.158.1

DescriptionElizabethan evening set in gold lamé; long, flared camisole dress and cropped vest jacket with ornament of ruffles, spirals and sunburst knife pleats

Label Text:Zandra Rhodes' work frequently cites ethnic fashions, but here the focus is on her own British heritage. Rhodes' 1981 collection, with its historically evocative silhouettes, drew inspiration partly from the wedding of Diana Spencer to England's Prince Charles. The two-piece ensemble, a cropped jacket and camisole dress with a flared, asymmetrical skirt, is done entirely in brilliant, eye-catching gold lamé. The use of ruffles, spirals, and sunburst knife-pleating lends a fanciful and romantic - albeit heavily ornamented - air to the garments. Rhodes' reinterpretation of the lavishness of English court costume is both in keeping with the excess in dress that was characteristic of the 1980s and reflective of her imaginative design aesthetic.

In Collection(s)

1980s

Exhibitions:

London Fashion
Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes
50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997
RetroSpective
Fairy Tale Fashion