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Bandage dress
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Woman's evening dress
Bandage dress
French
1993
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Rayon and Lycra knit; plastic
Dimensions
Center back: 129.5 cm (51 in.)
Center front: 124.5 cm (49 in.)
Center front: 124.5 cm (49 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Judith Hurwitz Krupp in memory of Alice G. Winn
Accession Number2010.229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack evening dress formed with narrow horizontal bands of rayon knit "bandages." Slit up center back and center back zipper. Interior boning around bust and sewn-in black silk and lace bra. Two interior labels at center back: "Harvé/Leger/Couture" and "M/Made in France/90% rayon/10% Lycra/Dry Clean Only."
ProvenanceMarch 18, 1999, anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, "Unforgettable: Fashion of the Oscars," lot 4a, purchased by Judith Krupp, Wellesley, MA [see note 1]; gift of Krupp to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 2010)
NOTES:
[1] This dress was sold as part of a benefit auction for AMFAR held by Christies in which dresses worn to the Academy Awards were sold. This dress was worn by Kate Capshaw to the Oscars on Monday, March 21, 1994 where her husband Stephen Spielberg was nominated for Best Director for "Schindler's List."
NOTES:
[1] This dress was sold as part of a benefit auction for AMFAR held by Christies in which dresses worn to the Academy Awards were sold. This dress was worn by Kate Capshaw to the Oscars on Monday, March 21, 1994 where her husband Stephen Spielberg was nominated for Best Director for "Schindler's List."