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Black sleeveless mini dress with silver metal breast plates
dress
Black sleeveless mini dress with silver metal breast plates
Dress
Designer (1922 - 2021)
1968
Black wool crepe and polished steel plates
Gift of Ms. Liz Bader
Object number87.92.4
Pierre Cardin combined his Space Age style with the brashness of the sexual revolution in this revealing mini dress. A symbol of youth culture, minis were becoming shorter seemingly by the hour. In 1967, Time magazine identified four categories of skirt length: micro-mini, micro-micro, “Oh My God,” and “Hello, Officer.”
DescriptionMetal sculpture mini dress in black wool crepe with graduated plates of polished steel filling open front triangle; A-line, sleeveless, with CF zipper; couture
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