Look 8, dress
2013 {autumn-winter 2013–14}
Medium
wool, cashmere, leather, metal (fastening)
Measurements
(a) 117.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 3.0 × 82.0 cm (belt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Tan, 2023
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
For Tomas Maier, the pursuit of luxury and craftsmanship was key to evolving Bottega Veneta’s design language. For the label’s autumn–winter 2013 collection, Maier explored the structural and textural possibilities of wool, saying he was curious to ‘us[e] it in different ways, washing it, bonding it, or felting it to create a print’. Here the designer explores the degree to which the fabric can be draped and manipulated, exposing the seams of the wool dress’s sculptural shoulders, which collapse into a draped, petal-like neckline.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven in black on grey polyester: BOTTEGA VENETA / MADE IN ITALY
Accession Number
2023.215.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles