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Dress

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house), Alexander McQUEEN (designer)
Dress
 2009 {Plato's Atlantis collection, spring-summer 2010}

Medium
silk (chiffon, organza), leather (suede), synthetic fibre, silk (satin), plastic (boning), metal (fastenings), plastic (buttons)

Measurements
(a) 76.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 43.0 cm (centre back) 29.5 cm (waist, flat) (corset)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
© Alexander McQueen

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Italy

Inscription
(a) label, left side back, woven in white on grey cotton: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN / MADE IN ITALY
label, left side back, woven (vertically) in white on grey cotton: 38
(b) label, left side back, printed in ink on white synthetic fabric: ALEXANDER / MCQUEEN / PRESS SAMPLE / 76- 78 Clerkenwell Road London ECIM 5QA / T: +44 20 7017 8200 F: +44 20 7017 8271
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen: SHU / PEI

Accession Number
2021.100.a-b

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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