Object: Evening dress
Brand:
Moschino
(Italian, founded 1983)
Date: Spring/Summer 1994
Medium: Black rayon/spandex
Country: Italy
Credit Line: Gift of Moschino
Object number: 94.106.1
DescriptionBlack rayon / spandex bra dress; short slip style with underwire bra bodice and stretch knit tubular skirt covered from waist to hem with multiple black bras
Label Text:Moschino took the concept of underwear as outwear to a playful new extreme, fashioning this dress from twenty black lace bras. The bras’ molded cups provide the skirt with texture and volume, while the dangling straps create an unusual and provocative fringe.
Exhibitions:
- His and Hers
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997
- Fashion, Italian Style
- Exposed: A History of Lingerie