ABOUT OUR COLLECTIONS

Dear visitors,

After the success of "A History of Fashion", our second collections tour will open to the public in June 2023.

This next collections tour will be an opportunity for you to discover a new history of fashion, from the 18th century to the present day, through our exceptional collections presented in a new theme dedicated to the body in motion.

The link between fashion and sport will be the subject of the second display of this new collections tour, echoing the Olympic Games that will be held in Paris in 2024.

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