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Dress in three parts (dress, overdress, undress)

(Belgian, born 1968)
(American, founded 1968)
Fall/Winter 2017/2018
Medium/TechniqueDress: Synthetic plain weave voided velvet (chiffon), discharge printed Overdress: Polyurethane sheet, machine sewn with polyester thread Underdress: Synthetic plain weave (chiffon)
DimensionsCenter back (dress): 104.1 cm (41 in.)
Center back (overdress): 114.3 cm (45 in.)
Center back (underdress): 104.1 cm (41 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council
Accession number2018.203.1-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2018, sold by Neiman Marcus (Retail store, Boston, MA) to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)
Dress, Jacket, Cummerbund and Underdress
Karl Lagerfeld
Spring/Summer 1994
Group shot: 2010.1377.4-6
Priscilla of Boston
about 1986
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Group shot: 2017.4397.3-4
Rei Kawakubo
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Arnold Scaasi
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Group shot: 2006.1987.1, 2006.1987.3
Bill Blass
1990s
Coat
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Group shot: 2010.688.1-2
Arnold Scaasi
1963
Woman's dress
Gnyuki Torimaru
1973