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Caramba, dress

CHRISTIAN LACROIX, Paris (couture house), Christian LACROIX (designer)
Caramba, dress
 1988
spring-summer 1988

Medium
silk, synthetic fabric, paper, metal (fastenings)

Measurements
(a) 141.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 7.0 × 97.0 cm (belt)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
© Christian Lacroix, Paris

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
(a) label, right seamline, woven in yellow and white on cream silk: CHRISTIAN LACROIX / PARIS

Accession Number
2017.1042.a-b

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

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