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Evening dress

CHRISTIAN LACROIX, Paris (couture house), Christian LACROIX (designer)
Evening dress
 1990

Medium
silk

Measurements
126.0 cm (centre back) 38.0 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, centre back, woven in gold on cream synthetic fabric: CHRISTIAN LACROIX / PARIS

Accession Number
2018.1583

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
Yellow silk dress with shawl collar, tight fitting sleeves, boned bodice with nine-button fastening and knee-length skirt with inverted pleating from the waist.

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