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Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) French
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A number of fashion designers have referenced the reduced scale of Artemis's himation, which was more like a Greek man's chlamys. Madame Grès took a square of velvet to knot at the shoulder but also to wrap around the waist as a sarong.
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Title: Evening dress
Designer:
Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)
Date: 1978
Culture: French
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Chessy Rayner, 1997
Object Number: 1997.116.1a, b
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