Evening dress
Designer
Simon Thorogood
Spring 1997
Duchess satin
Gift of Simon Thorogood
Object number2009.54.1
Simon Thorogood designed this dress to echo the form of pilotless aircraft—“drones”—recently developed by the military. As Thorogood describes, he took inspiration from “the lines, features or details of these very seamless, very minimal aircraft” in order to create luxury clothing for the future, clothing that did “not make any conscious reference to previous fashion.”
DescriptionDam dress in grey duchess satin, floor length gown with hood and snap on back bowExhibitions