Elvira, evening dress
2003 {autumn-winter 2003-04}
Medium
viscose and synthetic devoré velvet, plastic and synthetic lurex
Measurements
160 cm (centre back) (variable) 36.0 cm (waist, flat) (variable)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2006
© Christian Dior Couture
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
John Galliano’s Hardcore collection drew upon fetishism, Japanese iconography and basketball numbers. Elvira, evening dress features a signature print of the collection, fishes and roundels repeated in a graphic black-and-white repeat. A Dior spokesperson described the collection as ‘hardcore glamour – always beautiful but in raunchy latex’.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France
Inscription
label, centre back, woven in black on white acetate: Christian Dior/BOUTIQUE/PARIS
Accession Number
2006.11
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest