Dress
Designer
Oscar de la Renta
(1932 - 2014)
2002
Wool tweed, ostrich feathers, faceted beads, seed beads, sequins, rhinestones, and net
Gift of Elizabeth Graham Weymouth
Object number2017.67.1
Oscar de la Renta’s cocktail dress exemplifies how the “ragged” appearance of unraveled fabric has become fully incorporated into high fashion. The artful disarray of the dense fringe at the skirt’s hem — created from strands of unwoven wool tweed — is countered by the conventional opulence of the beads, rhinestones, and ostrich feathers.
DescriptionBlack and white wool tweed sleeveless dress with fringe at hem embellished with ostrich feathers, yarn, seed and faceted beads, sequins, and rhinestonesCollections
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