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Todd Oldham

Chinchilla Dress

Maker

Todd Oldham (American, b. 1961), designer
Todd Oldham (American), design label

Title

Chinchilla Dress

Year

Fall 1997

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Center back length: 127 cm (50 inches) (dress)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Todd Oldham

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Todd Oldham Studio

Object Number

2014.90.2ab

Type

Exhibition History

All of Everything
Todd Oldham Fashion
Apr 08, 2016 – Sep 11, 2016

Label copy

This “chinchilla” dress is completely hand painted.

To make this design, we worked with a graffiti tagger named Mosquito who would wreak havoc on Dallas at night and then come to our factory during the day and work his airbrush magic. This dress was white satin to start. Mosquito would lay straight pins down on cardboard strips, airbrush into them until a little bit of ink got onto end of the pins, and then he’d flip it and pull it to create the hair streaks.

Todd Oldham

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Todd Oldham (American, b. 1961), designer
Todd Oldham (American), design label
Chinchilla Dress, Fall 1997
Airbrushed satin dress with faux fur
Center back length: 127 cm (50 inches) (dress)
Gift of the Todd Oldham Studio 2014.90.2ab

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