Evening dress
Designer
Eric Gaskins
(born 1958)
2014
Silk and glass beads
Gift of Eric Gaskins
Object number2016.53.1
Eric Gaskins trained as a fine artist and apprenticed with Hubert Givenchy before establishing his company in 1987. This gown’s meticulous beading captures the brushwork of one of his favorite artists, Franz Kline. Elegant eveningwear such as this exemplifies Gaskins’s aesthetic of simple lines coupled with rigorous cut and extraordinary details.
DescriptionWhite strapless evening dress in four ply silk crepe hand beaded with black micro bugle beads in a design inspired by Franz Kline; floor length with slight trainCollections
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