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Suzanna, dress

CHRISTIAN LACROIX, Paris (couture house), Christian LACROIX (designer)
Suzanna, dress
 1987 {autumn-winter 1987–88}

Medium
silk, metal (fastenings)

Measurements
92.5 cm (centre back) 36.0 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, 2018
© Christian Lacroix, Paris

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
label, left seamline, woven in gold on cream synthetic fabric: CHRISTIAN LACROIX / PARIS

Accession Number
2018.324

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
Dress with high neck black lattice yoke with long puffed sleeves and cinched waist. The puffed skirt has vertical velvet ribbons and sits over four layers of petticoats trimmed with crin and decorative black lace.

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