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Maison Martin Margiela

Evening Dress, Spring/Summer 2012

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Description

Maker

Maison Martin Margiela, established 1988, Belgian

Title

Evening Dress

Year

Spring/Summer 2012

Medium

Plastic sequins on silk plain weave and silk fringe

Dimensions

Center back length: 123.2 cm (48 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[blank white cotton label at center back]; separate attached tags read "Made in Italy"; [size] S; 100% silk / 100% plastic / 100% silk / 100% rayon. Retail tags still attached with additional information.

Type

Fashion,
Costume

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2015.103

Exhibition History

Swagged and Poufed

January 22 - July 3, 2016

In their Spring/Summer 2012 presentation, Maison Martin Margiela presented this columnar evening dress on a runway strewn with Turkish, Central Asian, and Persian carpets. Entirely encrusted in sequins arranged in a Persian carpet pattern, the dress gives the appearance of a rug coming off the floor to swathe the figure.

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