Dress
Brand
Balenciaga
(French, founded 1937)
Designer
Nicolas Ghesquière
(born 1971)
Spring/Summer 2007
Black patent leather and sheer black stretch polyester
Museum purchase
Object number2008.60.1
Nicolas Ghesquèire’s sleek mini dress mixes sexuality with exotic sci-fi fantasy, making it ideal for the cutting-edge “cyber-goddess.” Architectural panels of lustrous black patent leather — a material often associated with fetish gear — are juxtaposed with strips of soft, sheer fabric that stretch tightly over the body and barely veil the skin.
DescriptionBlack sleeveless one-shoulder dress of jigsawed black patent leather and sheer polymaide piecing: fitted dress; sharp diagonally angled neckline at front and back; single patent leather spaghetti strap at L shoulder; bust darts; CB zipper closure; just above knee lengthCollections
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