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Evening dress
Evening dress

Evening dress

Jean Varon (active 1960s–1970s)
John Bates (English, 1938 – 2022)
about 1970
Medium/TechniquePolyester plain weave (chiffon)
DimensionsCenter back: 127 cm (50 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession number2013.242
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2012, sold by Leslie Verrinder, Tintin Collectibles, London, England to Frederic A. Sharf, Chesnut Hill, MA; 2013, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)
Caftan
Jean Varon
1970
Group shot: 2017.4418.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 2013–2014
Dress
Jean Varon
about 1975
Group shot: 2017.4355.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 1999–2000
Group shot: 2017.4358.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 2000–2001
Group shot: 2017.4397.3-4
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 2008
Woman's dress
Giorgio di Sant'Angelo
1971
Group shot: 2017.4337.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 1995–1996
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2003.662.1-2
Christian Lacroix
about 1989
Group shot: 2017.4331.1-2
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 1994–1995
Group shot: 2017.4328.2-3
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 1993–1994