Evening ensemble

Design House Gucci Italian

Designer Tom Ford American

1998

Not on view

Tom Ford designed, with more than a nod to Halston, this slinky silk jersey in a far less constructed version of Vionnet. Like many contemporary white dresses, it suggests the strong influence of the 1930s, first of Paris initiatives and then of Hollywood versions.

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Exhibition History

Title: Evening ensemble
Design House: Gucci (Italian, founded 1921)
Designer: Tom Ford (American, born 1961)
Date: 1998
Culture: Italian
Medium: (a) rayon; (b) brass; (c, d) leather
Credit Line: Gift of Gucci, 1999
Object Number: 1999.136.2a–d
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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