COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1978.163.2a-c
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Name:
Kamali, Norma
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Designer
Creator Dates/Places:
American, born 1945
Creator Name-CRT:
Designed by Norma Kamali
Title:
Evening ensemble
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1977
Creation Start Date:
1977
Creation End Date:
1977
Materials and Techniques:
silk, Nylon, cotton
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
Dimensions:
Unmeasured
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1978.163.2a-c
Credit Line:
Gift of Eddie Kamali, 1978
Context:
In an inventive combination of informality and grand effect, Kamali exploits the silver and dove silk of parachute cloth for evening wear. She creates an inflated silhouette akin to eighteenth-century fashioning in the fullness and curtainlike drape of the abundant fabric. Kamali contrasts the utilitarian material with the lavishness of a profligate billowing skirt.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci1978.163.2a-c.R.tif
