Medium: Brown wool tweed and grey cotton

Date: Fall/Winter 2007-2008

Country: France

Credit: Gift of Anne Valerie Hash

​This dress was remade from a pair of man’s trousers. Rather than disguising the garment’s origins, Anne Valérie Hash left the original waistband intact and converted the pocket linings into sleeves. The result is contemporary and experimental, but it is also reminiscent of “make do and mend” techniques prevalent during the World War II era.

Object Number: 2014.47.1