Evening gown
1994 {spring-summer 1994}
- Medium
- viscose, acetate and metal (fastenings and embellishments)
- Measurements
- 126.5 cm (centre back) 34.8 cm (waist, flat)
- Accession Number
- 2015.376
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Bertocchi family, 2015
© Gianni Versace
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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This dress is an iconic work in Gianni Versace’s career and is perhaps his best-known design. The work combines the slashed and DIY aesthetic language of British punk while simultaneously celebrating the female form. A reinterpretation of the classic little black dress, Versace’s version is made from black stretch crepe sliced open at the side and connected by thirteen strategically placed oversized gold and gilt-silver safety pins, embellished with diamantes and embossed with Versace’s Medusa-head emblem.