ABOUT OUR COLLECTIONS

Dear visitors,

The exhibition 'Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto' is currently on display on both levels of the museum.

To discover our permanent collections, we invite you to visit us in Spring 2021. For the first time in the history of the Palais Galliera, the new galleries on the ground floor will offer you a new perspective on the history of fashion, from the 18th century to the present day, through a renewed tour of our collections.

Ensemble, Grès

EVENING DRESS, RAT TAIL BELT, SKIRT AND CAPE BOTTOM

Grès
Satin label woven on the dress, inside mid-back waist, black on ivory: "GREES / PARIS". Belt, skirt bottom and cape without claw.
Haute couture, Spring-Summer 1980
Fine silk jersey and black viscose from Racine. Black silk pongee.
GAL2019.1.30.1-4
Acquisition Vogue Paris Foundation 2018
Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

Dated from the haute couture Spring-Summer 1980 collection, this ensemble is composed of a dress, a bottom of the dress, a rat tail belt and an asymmetrically cut cape.

This piece is not an exact reproduction from the fashion show but a black adaptation commissioned by the American customer, Mrs. Lucia M. Collins. Unlike ready-to-wear, the adaptation in haute couture was a common request.

Notice's author : Alexandre Samson