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Dress

ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house), Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
Dress
 1985

Medium
rayon, metal (fastening)

Measurements
194.0 cm (centre back) 32.0 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
© Alaïa

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
label, right side back, woven in black on white synthetic fabric: ALAÏA / PARIS

Accession Number
2017.593

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
Black backless jersey dress with hood and fishtail skirt. The skirt is constructed from a number of panels, fastens at the waist line with metal press studs and extends to a train at the back.

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