Evening dress
1995 {autumn-winter 1995–96}
Medium
silk, cotton, metal (fastenings)
Measurements
136.5 cm (centre back) 33.5 cm (waist, flat)
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
© Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
label, left seamline, woven (vertically) in black on white polyester: MADE IN FRANCE
woven in black on white polyester: YVES SAINT LAURENT / PARIS
Accession Number
2017.1045
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
Physical description
One-shouldered, fitted floor-length dress in woven red and black floral motif. The dress extended to a large ruffle at the proper left shoulder and has an internal boned bodice of cotton net. It is lined in black silk and fastens with a short zip at proper right side seam.