Object: Dress
Designer:
Helmut Lang
(born 1956)
Date: Fall/Winter 1998
Medium: Vinyl coated satin
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 98.95.1
DescriptionSleeveless asymmetrical dress in leather look black vinyl satin; scoop neck shift draped into folded band at left hip
Label Text:The presentation of Helmut Lang’s fall 1998 collection made history. In lieu of a live runway show, clients and the press received a CD-ROM with video footage of the designs. The recording was also made available on the brand’s website. Lang’s prescient idea stemmed from his desire to provide immediate, worldwide access to his latest work.
Exhibitions:
- Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation
- Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties