Evening dress
Designer
Stephen Burrows
(born 1943)
1973
Multicolor rayon jersey
Museum purchase
Object number2000.97.1
Stephen Burrows is celebrated for his use of vivid color combinations and color blocking. Geraldine Stutz, former president of Henri Bendel, once observed that “he stretches a rainbow over the body.” Model Pat Cleveland wore a version of this dress at the 1973 Palace of Versailles fashion show, a spectacle that pitted American and French designers against one another.
DescriptionA-line halter ankle lengthshift in orange pink, beige, red, yellow and black colorblock rayon jersey, diagonally pieced, with zigzag topstitching at neck and lettuce hem; plunging V-neck, thin rouleau strapsCollections
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