Evening dress
Designer
Thierry Mugler
(1948 - 2022)
Brand
Thierry Mugler
(French, founded 1978)
Fall 1979
Silver metallic lamé
Gift of Clarins Fragrance Group/Thierry Mugler Perfume
Object number2004.49.4
Thierry Mugler used glistening silver lamé to create this dress. In it, he fused a futuristic aesthetic with the body-conscious silhouette that came to define the 1980s. European folklore often associated silver with the mystical and supernatural, but during the 20th century, silver increasingly became synonymous with the space age vision of a technological future.
DescriptionLong evening dress in pleated silver metallic lamé; futuristic angular styling with wide padded shoulders, long sleeves shaped with crosswise pleated flanges, shift draped into CF for sunburst effect, fishtail backExhibitions