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Dress

Design House Yves Saint Laurent French
Designer Yves Saint Laurent French, born Algeria
fall/winter 1965–66
Not on view
As the sack dress evolved in the 1960s into a modified form, the shift, Saint Laurent realized that the dress's planarity was an ideal field for color blocks. Knowing the flat planes of the 1960s canvases achieved by contemporary artists in the lineage of Mondrian, Saint Laurent made the historical case for the artistic sensibility of his time. Yet he also demonstrated a feat of dressmaking, setting in each block of jersey, piecing in order to create the semblance of the Mondrian order and to accommodate the body imperceptibly by hiding all the shaping in the grid of seams.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dress
  • Design House: Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961)
  • Designer: Yves Saint Laurent (French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris)
  • Date: fall/winter 1965–66
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: wool
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Rand, 1969
  • Object Number: C.I.69.23
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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