Dress
John Galliano created this draped woolen cocktail dress for his spring/summer 1995 “Pin-up/ Misia Sert” collection. The silhouette resembles a late nineteenth-century side-saddle riding habit with its skirt draped to the side of the hip. Galliano’s mastery of both cutting as well as draping techniques were featured in the collection’s silhouettes representing different female archetypes: from languid 1920s bias cut gowns to Oriental cocoon shapes to sharply cut 1950s hourglass silhouettes.
The catwalk show was held in the “Pin Up Studios” in Paris, decorated with vintage cars, washing lines with silk lingerie and erotic wall images. The show was named after Misia Sert, an art patron, libertine and piano player who was friends with Gabrielle Chanel.
The collection came one year after the comeback show of John Galliano of spring/summer 1994 and in July 1995, he was appointed as creative director at the House of Givenchy. One year later, he moved to become artistic director at Christian Dior.
The catwalk show was held in the “Pin Up Studios” in Paris, decorated with vintage cars, washing lines with silk lingerie and erotic wall images. The show was named after Misia Sert, an art patron, libertine and piano player who was friends with Gabrielle Chanel.
The collection came one year after the comeback show of John Galliano of spring/summer 1994 and in July 1995, he was appointed as creative director at the House of Givenchy. One year later, he moved to become artistic director at Christian Dior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress
- Design House: John Galliano (founded 1984)
- Designer: John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960)
- Date: spring/summer 1995
- Culture: French
- Medium: wool, silk, metal
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Inc. Gift, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.259
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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