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Cocktail dress

Cocktail dress
 1952 {spring-summer 1952–53}

Medium
silk (jersey), metal (fastenings)
Measurements
125.0 cm (centre back) 26.0 cm (waist, flat)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
label, centre front seamline, woven (vertically) in red on cream cotton: MADE IN FRANCE
label, centre front seamline, woven (vertically) in white on black silk: GRÈS / 1 RUE DE LA PAIX PARIS
Accession Number
2023.171
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program, 2023
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display