Dress
1987 {spring-summer}
- Medium
- silk and elastane blend, nylon and elastane blend, plastic, metal
- Measurements
- 74.9 cm (centre back) 31.7 cm (waist, flat)
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- label, inside centre back neckline, woven (vertically) in black on white acetate: DRY CLEANING ONLY
woven in black on white acetate: R (in a circle) Jean Paul / GAULTIER / pour GIBO
woven (vertically) in black on white acetate: MADE IN ITALY - Accession Number
- 2006.490
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2006
© Jean Paul Gaultier
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
-
Since 1983, Jean Paul Gaultier has drawn extensively from the history of corsetry to form the most definitive interpretations of the ‘underwear as outerwear’ trend. Dress, 1987, with its stretch panels and circular-stitched, coneshaped cups referencing 1940s and 1950s foundation garments, quickly became a modern classic. This influential work was a precursor to later versions that Gaultier designed for Madonna to wear on her Blonde Ambition tour in 1990.
- Physical description
- Black corset dress with circular stitched conical bras top, satin panel through front and nylon and elastine panels at sides. Dress fastens with zip through front.