Object: Dress
Brand:
Courrèges
(French, 1961 - 1986)
Designer:
André Courrèges
(1923 - 2016)
Date: c. 1968
Medium: Wool
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren
Object number: 72.112.19
DescriptionWhite wool short sleeved dress with wide round neck and cb zipper; couture
Label Text:Courrèges began using white wool in his collections in 1962, and it became a signature of his aesthetic throughout the 1960s. White fabric gave the designer’s clothing a desirably streamlined, sculptural quality, and because it was so difficult to clean, it could also be interpreted as a sign of luxury.
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
- Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes