Evening dress, shawl, gloves and shoes
1988 {Hairclips collection, autumn-winter 1988–89}
- Medium
- viscose (crepe), silk (jersey, chiffon), plastic (beads), polyester (fringe), leather (suede), leather, elastane, metal (fastenings)
- Measurements
- (a) 135.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 24.0 × 328.0 cm (shawl)
(c-d) 39.5 × 12.0 cm (each) (gloves)
(e-f) 9.0 × 8.0 × 25.5 cm (each) (shoes) - Place/s of Execution
- England
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back waistline, woven in blue on purple polyester: John / Galliano / LONDON / MADE IN BRITAIN
(c) label, glove opening, woven in blue on purple polyester: John / Galliano / LONDON / MADE IN BRITAIN
(d) label, glove opening, woven in blue on purple polyester: John / Galliano / LONDON / MADE IN BRITAIN
(e) label, insole, woven in black on white polyester: Elizabeth Stuart-Smith / FOR / JOHN GALLIANO
(f) label, insole, woven in black on white polyester: Elizabeth Stuart-Smith / FOR / JOHN GALLIANO - Accession Number
- 2023.713
- 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 Gifts Program, 2023 - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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John Galliano’s Hairclips collection was inspired, marketed and presented with reference to Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï’s Paris by Night book and Jean-Henri Lartigue’s photographs of 1930s starlets. Models were styled with shingled, greased-back hair fixed by multiple hairclips, hence the collection title. Hairclips saw the inception of one of the designers most coveted silhouettes, a 1920s to early 1930s Madeleine Vionnet inspired bias-cut panelled gown of viscose crepe. The designer continues to construct from viscose for its elasticity and strength.