Dress
Designer
Sonia Rykiel
(1930 - 2016)
Retailer
Laura
c. 1966
Knit
Gift of Sandy Horvitz
Object number77.213.4
This polo dress is one of numerous styles that Sonia Rykiel adapted from athletic wear. The inspiration for this dress – the polo shirt – is a French design, created by the tennis player Rene Lacoste during the 1920s. Audrey Hepburn, an enthusiastic Rykiel client, modeled a similarly sporty knit dress for American Vogue in 1966.
DescriptionNavy blue and white lacoste knit mini dress; narrow knitted on white collar edged with navy; three button T shirt band in white edged with navy at front; short sleeves with narrow white band cuff edged with navy; small red polar bear appliqué at right bust has embroidered L (Laura) belowExhibitions