Jacket and dress
1969
- Medium
- wool, acetate (lining)
- Measurements
- (a) 68.0 cm (centre back) 59.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 93.0 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress) - Place/s of Execution
- France
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back neckline, woven in black on white synthetic fabric: PIERRE CARDIN/ PARIS / “COLLECTION” / MODÈLES EXCLUSIFS POUR L’ALLEMAGNE
- Accession Number
- 2012.117.a-b
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bulgari Australia Pty Ltd, 2012
© Pierre Cardin, Paris
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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In the 1960s interest in the space race manifested in art, architecture, design and fashion, with Pierre Cardin’s contributions some of the most striking within fashion. The 1960s focus on youth and freedom also resulted in straighter cutting and shorter skirts. These ideas converge in Cardin’s Jacket and dress. The short dress represents the 1960s focus on freedom and youth, and the Jacket’s sculptured collar has a space-age aesthetic of moulded forms that encircle the body.
2014.302
This Alegra dress references artist Frida Kahlo, Mexican handicrafts and encounters between new and old worlds in a representation of contemporary Mexico. Capeto drew inspiration from her experience of visiting the country, seen in the strong colours and soft shapes of the collection.