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Dress

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier French
fall/winter 1993–94
Not on view
Sweaters are ostensibly about warmth, but these two of the 1990s are more conceptual than cozy, sacrificing a toasty warm wrap to a more delicate idea of deconstruction.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dress
  • Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier (French, born 1952)
  • Date: fall/winter 1993–94
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: acrylic
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts from various donors, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.9.3
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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