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Evening dress

Design House Gianni Versace Italian
Designer Donatella Versace Italian
spring/summer 1999
Not on view
Worn by Madonna at the "Fire and Ice Ball" honoring Donatella Versace in Los Angeles in December 1998, the zipper-gyration evening gown promises net transparency and/or the unraveled revelation of the body. Most importantly, Donatella Versace has taken one of her brother's signatures--the dress with see-through plastic or plastic seams--and expanded it into a more extravagant creation of her own. The second Versace designer is now in command of the signature and is taking it in her own design direction. Gianni Versace was a generous donor to The Costume Institute; his sister now continues that tradition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening dress
  • Design House: Gianni Versace (Italian, founded 1978)
  • Designer: Donatella Versace (Italian, born 1955)
  • Date: spring/summer 1999
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: leather
  • Credit Line: Gift of Donatella Versace, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.137.2
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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