Evening dress
1994-1995 {autumn-winter}
- Medium
- metal mesh, leather, lurex velvet; printed
- Measurements
- 145.0 cm (centre back) 35.5 cm (waist width)
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- label, inside left bust, woven white and gold on black: GIANNI / VERSACE / COUTURE
- Accession Number
- 2001.126
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by the Gianni Versace archives, Milan, Governor, 2001
© Gianni Versace
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
-
Gianni Versace established his fashion label in 1978, and after eleven years of commercial and critical success as a ready-to-wear designer expanded into couture in 1989. His arresting and provocative designs were a synthesis of Hollywood glamour and contemporary materiality, exploring prints, leather and his own shimmering metal mesh ‘fabrics’. A master of overstatement, Versace created designs that were frequently worn by high-profile figures such as Madonna and Princess Diana, generating enormous media exposure.
- Physical description
- Full-length dress in gold metal mesh, with faux leopard print lurex bodice and gold metallic leather straps. The high-waisted metal mesh skirt panel has a subtle graduation of colour from gold to dull silver and features a draped panel on the right side. The dress fastens on the left side with a series of hook and eye fasteners.