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Platinum dress

PAOLO SEBASTIAN, Adelaide (fashion house), Paul VASILEFF (designer)
Platinum dress
 2018

Medium
silk, polyamide (tulle), sequins, metal (fastenings)

Measurements
215.0 cm (centre back) 33.0 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by American Express Australia Ltd, 2019

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Adelaide, South Australia

Inscription
label, centre back, woven in white on black polyester: PAOLO SEBASTIAN.

Accession Number
2019.694

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
Sleeveless evening dress with a bodice formed from crisscrossing panels of pale grey tulle that meet at a single shoulder strap. The full-length pencil skirt features a deep split edged with metallic silver braid and an overskirt extending to a long train at the back. The surface layer of tulle is embroidered in silk and metallic thread, silver sequins and beads.

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