Dress

fall/winter 1994–95

Not on view

Mastering both Western tailoring techniques as well as Oriental approaches to the body, Galliano fuses different eras and geographic locations in this mini kimono dress. Tailored like a double-breasted men's jacket combined with batwing kimono sleeves, this short and tight fitting dress recalls at once the glamour of the 1940s as well as Paul Poiret's Orientalist visions of the 1910s, and his introduction of the kimono style in Paris in 1908. Shown at the hotel particulier of art and fashion patron São Schlumberger, this collection catapulted the British designer to the top of the Paris couture world with an appointment at Givenchy a few months later.

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Title: Dress
Design House: John Galliano (founded 1984)
Designer: John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960)
Date: fall/winter 1994–95
Culture: British
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2020
Object Number: 2020.190a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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