Dress

Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) French

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Several Mme Grès gowns from the mid-1960s are among the earliest couture examples to survive a flood in Mrs. Kempner's storage area. While her Mme Grès pleated dresses are well-established classics, Mrs. Kempner also collected subtler manifestations of the designer's conceptual dressmaking. A burgundy and red-orange silk crepe is constructed of two panels of fabric, pieced and seamed vertically into a toga-like gown. The gown represents the designer's interest, which began in the late 1930s, in North African costume traditions and the minimally shaped pattern piece.

Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French

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Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French
Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French
Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French
Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French
Dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region), silk, French

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