"Buée"

Design House Chloé French
 Designer Karl Lagerfeld French, born Germany

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Karl Lagerfeld's irreverent humor is very pertinent in this iconic trompe l’oeil (optical illusion) “Shower Dress,” which he created for the French house of Chloé, where he was artistic director from 1966–1983 and from 1992–1997. The embroidered showerhead, water stream and wraparound hose are camp examples of "a double sense in which things can be taken," as Susan Sontag wrote in her 1964 essay "Notes on Camp."

"Buée", Chloé (French, founded 1952), acetate, rayon, glass, plastic, French

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