Detail View: The AMICA Library: Day ensemble
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1979.435.10ab
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Name:
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Givenchy, Hubert de
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French, born 1927
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Designed by Hubert de Givenchy
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Creator Name:
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Vreeland, Diana
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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Donor/wearer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American, 1906 - 1989
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Worn by Diana Vreeland
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Title:
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Day ensemble
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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autumn/winter 1963 - 1964
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Creation Start Date:
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1963
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Creation End Date:
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1964
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Materials and Techniques:
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wool
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Classification Term:
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Main dress-Womenswear
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Dimensions:
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(a) L. at center back 21 in. (53 cm); (b) L. at center back 23 1/2 in. (59.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1979.435.10ab
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Diana Vreeland, 1979
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Rights:
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Context:
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The relaxed attitudes of the 1960s could be achieved in couture day wear. Hubert de Givenchy excelled in a style associated with such nonchalant fashion paladins as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn. Learning from his mentor, Balenciaga, Givenchy offered a seemingly unstructured two-piece dress - which he dubbed 'split level' - indebted to the Balenciaga sack. For necessary articulation of details, he employed 'souplesse' instead of a tailor's dart, allowing a supplementary soft fold of material to give shape to these unassuming and chic tops. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ci1979.435.10ab.R.tif
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