Evening dress
Brand
Christian Dior Boutique
(French)
Designer
John Galliano
(British, born 1960)
2000
Leather and silk
Museum purchase
Object number2001.45.1
Galliano combines black leather with lacing to create an erotic cocktail dress. The look evokes the leather suits and corsets of fetish wear, but here they have been deconstructed and draped across the body asymmetrically. This gives the wearer an air of being caught in the midst of undressing.
DescriptionAsymmetrical evening dress in black lambskin leather over silk; corset style bodice with diagonal seams and lacing, buttoned shoulder straps and slanted RF closure; tapered below-the-knee skirt with RF pocket and left hip swag extending to back draped fold, held by metal buckleCollections
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