“Écossé”
This day dress bears the first label that Givenchy ever used. The quirkiness of the embroidered peapod motifs and their symmetrical placement on the dress are signature characteristics of the work of the French couture.
Artwork Details
- Title: “Écossé”
- Design House: House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)
- Designer: Hubert de Givenchy (French, Beauvais 1927–2018 Paris)
- Date: spring/summer 1953
- Culture: French
- Medium: linen
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lauren Bacall, 1967
- Object Number: 2009.300.913a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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