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Black below-the-knee dress with cap sleeves and side pockets
dress
Black below-the-knee dress with cap sleeves and side pockets
Dress
Designer (French, 1949 - 2024)
1983
Black linen
Museum purchase
Object number2010.78.1
Claude Montana’s aggressively sexy clothes often featured extreme silhouettes, such as exaggerated shoulders and severely nipped-in waists. Montana’s work was acclaimed in the 1980s and subsequently inspired later designers, such as Alexander McQueen.
DescriptionBlack linen fitted dress with extended padded shoulders continuing to waist to form tuck (or flap) at F and B sleeve / bodice, side panel, angled flap pockets at hips and F right bodice, band collar, CB snap closure to waist, attached at side seam black leather half belt with CB snap closure
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