Terms and conditions of use
Dress and overdress
2018 {autumn-winter 2018}
- Medium
- nylon, polyester, plastic, velcro
- Measurements
- (a) 108.0 cm (centre back) 37.0 cm (waist, flat) (overdress)
(b) 102.0 cm (centre back) 33.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress) - Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- (b) label centre back neckline, woven in black on blue polyester: PRADA / MILANO
- Accession Number
- 2020.551.a-b
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Olga Kononchuk through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020 - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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Known for her innovative, feminist and postmodern approach to design, Miuccia Prada is one of the most influential womenswear designers working today. This nylon dress and overdress demonstrates how Prada subverts conventional styles and ideas of beauty using eclectic and technologically advanced textiles. Evident in this work is the designer’s retro-futurist aesthetic and the interrogation of notions of good and bad taste, juxtaposing colours and material finishes that evince a deliberate tension.