Dress

Designer Geoffrey Beene American

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Although he abandoned medical school for fashion design, Beene informs his work with surgical precision. Signature Beene gestures include his anatomical cut, piped finishes, and a harnessed torso. Beene has since the late 1980s focused increasingly on the play of apertures over the body, but while his designs may appear to verge precariously on the edge of undress, his affinity for decorous propriety and his mastery of cut never allow for any untoward exposure.

Dress, Geoffrey Beene (American, Haynesville, Louisiana 1927–2004 New York), silk, metallic, American

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Dress, Geoffrey Beene (American, Haynesville, Louisiana 1927–2004 New York), silk, metallic, American
Dress, Geoffrey Beene (American, Haynesville, Louisiana 1927–2004 New York), silk, metallic, American
Dress, Geoffrey Beene (American, Haynesville, Louisiana 1927–2004 New York), silk, metallic, American

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