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Top and skirt

GIVENCHY, Paris (couture house), Alexander McQUEEN (designer)
Top and skirt
 1998 {autumn-winter 1998–99}

Medium
silk, plastic (beads, sequins)

Measurements
(a) 91.5 cm (centre back) 15.5 cm (sleeve length) (top)
(b) 125.5 cm (centre back) 29.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)

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
© Givenchy, Paris

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
(a) label, inside left side back, woven in white on black silk: MADE IN / FRANCE / HAUTE COUTURE / GIVENCHY
(b) label, inside centre back, printed in red and black ink on white cotton tape: 24 / AH 1998 At Catherine

Accession Number
2017.594.a-b

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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