Collection Online
Gruau evening dress
Medium
silk satin, metal
Measurements
(a) 26.0 cm (centre back) 30.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 105.5 cm (centre back) 31.0 cm (waist flat) (skirt)
Place/s of Execution
New York, United States
Inscription
(b) label, side seam, woven in yellow on black: BERGDORF / GOODMAN / ON THE PLAZA / NEW YORK
Accession Number
2005.182.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2005
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Navy silk satin two-piece gown. (a) Bodice: strapless boned bodice with asymmetrical draping and diagonal faux closure with four self covered buttons. (b) Skirt: floor length single-piece skirt wrapping from slender silhouette at back to diagonal tab with five parallel buttons at left front overlaying multiple pleats, oblique stand away pocket, asymmetrical trained hemline.