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Ensemble

Designer Emanuel Ungaro French
1967
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As fashion's last absolute decree entered its concluding phase, skirts became shorter and shorter until they atrophied into short shorts, or, in the phrase of the day, hot pants. In a couture playsuit with matching leggings, the elastic fabric has been hand-appliquéd with white braid. In the youth-impassioned tumult of the time, there was an equivocation between Warhol superstar and couture client. As self-consciously insurrectionist as the political gesture is, the craft of the garment is, like Chanel's "little black dress," traditional.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ensemble
  • Designer: Emanuel Ungaro (French, 1933–2019)
  • Date: 1967
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: cotton
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Leonard Holzer, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.89.1a–c
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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