Object: Evening dress
Brand:
Chloé
(French, founded 1952)
Designer:
Karl Lagerfeld
(1933 - 2019)
Date: 1967
Medium: Silk crepe
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Melanie Miller
Object number: 88.84.1
DescriptionIvory floor length long sleeve evening dress in silk crepe, hand screen printed engineered design of large scale orange chrysanthemum buds on green stem scrolling down body of dress, green flowers floating overall at dress and upper sleeve, ivory flowers on dark blue ground at mid sleeve and at asymmetrical design at lower dress with ivory daisy like flowers, orange ground with ivory stylized lily pad flower at lower sleeve, green border at sleeve edge, orange and green border at hem edge and green border at round neckline edge; A-line shift silhouette; bust darts; CB key hole opening, cloth covered button and thread loop closure at neck; metal zipper closure at left side seam
Label Text:Karl Lagerfeld abandoned the world of couture in 1964 to design for the upand- coming Chloé label. His sense of fantasy and exuberance soon came to characterize the brand. The credit line “Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé” appeared in Vogue Paris by 1965, setting him apart from the label’s other designers as the creator of certain garments.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
- The Big, the Bold, and the Beautiful: Hand Screen-Printing for Fashion and Interiors