Dress
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Designer: Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)
- Date: ca. 1974
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas L. Kempner, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.420.22
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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