Dress
Brand
Courrèges
(French, 1961 - 1986)
Designer
André Courrèges
(1923 - 2016)
c. 1968
Wool
Gift of Bernie Zamkoff
Object number78.170.5
Although André Courrèges claimed to have "invented" the mini skirt, Mary Quant preceded him, and as she said, "It wasn't me or Courrèges - it was the girls in the street." Lacking a youth culture like London's, advanced French designers, such as Courrèges, used the future as a metaphor for youth. He is most famous for his "Space Age" designs - futuristic garments in crisp fabrics, worn with iconic accessories, such as the famous Courrèges boot.
DescriptionA-line mini dress in light grey heavy wool with contoured shoulder yoke, cap sleeves, belted drop waist and rounded patch pockets, topstitched; wool belt with round plastic buckleExhibitions