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Evening dress

Evening dress
 1990

Medium
silk
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

Medium
silk
Measurements
126.0 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat)
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
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
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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