Suit
Brand
Versace
(Italian, founded 1978)
Designer
Gianni Versace
(1946 - 1997)
Retailer
Gianni Versace Boutique
c. 1992
Wool
Gift of Judith Corrente & Willem Kooyker
Object number98.20.8
With the print on this suit, Versace referenced the elaborate and highly ornamental qualities of art and textile design during the 17th-century Baroque period. Bold, dramatic prints were a staple of Versace’s often flamboyant body of work. Richard Martin once noted that Versace did “not wish to replicate” past art, but “rather, with an innocent enthusiasm, he [tried] to surpass the past itself.”
DescriptionBlack and gold Florentine baroque print suit; felted wool collarless jacket with design of scrolling vines; short straight skirt in wool sateen with symmetrical strapwork designExhibitions