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Designer Geoffrey Beene American
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The tracing lace provides both closure and aperture in Beene's dress, revealing the body and evoking a distinctive, undulating movement through the little black dress. Beene winds the lace around the body, including front and back, with the ease of Madeleine Vionnet.
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Title: Evening dress
Designer:
Geoffrey Beene (American, Haynesville, Louisiana 1927–2004 New York)
Date: 1991
Culture: American
Medium: wool, silk, plastic
Credit Line: Gift of Anne H. Bass, 1993
Object Number: 1993.345.11
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