82.99.1

Images (4)

YSL+Halston_40 Left to right 92.140.1 (black and ivory pantsuit), 82.99.1 (pink and black gown), 91.185.2 (red strapless gown),80.128.10 (red white stripe dress), 2007.56.16 (ruffle top and black skirt hidden), 2014.38.2 (ivory evening dress)

YSL+Halston_39 Left to right 82.99.1 (pink and black gown), 80.128.10 (red white stripe dress), 2014.38.2 (ivory evening dress), 2007.56.16 (ruffle top and black skirt), 91.185.2 (red strapless gown)

YSL+Halston_32 Left to right 91.241.15 (blue pantsuit), 96.84.2 (black metallic dress), 83.190.43 (cape ensemble), 83.27.15 (metallic dress), 78.57.11 (black and gold ensemble), 92.140.1 (black and ivory pantsuit), 82.99.1 (pink and black gown), 80.128.10 (red white stripe dress), 2014.38.2 (ivory evening dress)

Object: Evening gown

Brand: Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961)

Designer: Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008)

Date: c. 1978

Medium: Silk satin

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Mildred S. Hilson

Object number: 82.99.1

DescriptionShocking pink and black satin evening gown

Label Text:The 1970s was not a pink decade for women’s fashion, although some designers continued to use the color. Yves Saint Laurent, for example, always loved pink, and admired Schiaparelli because “she gave pink the nerve of red. A pink that went on to devour everything in its path… Shocking pink!”

Exhibitions:

Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color