Woman's "Mercury" Evening Dress

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Woman's "Mercury" Evening Dress

Fall/Winter 1994

A feeling of ease is always present in Geoffrey Beene’s innovative designs, which range from the simply elegant to the subtly witty. Using fabric and color in inventive, unusual, and often unexpected ways, his cleanly cut designs glorify the female form. In this dress, the panne velvet spills over the body’s contours like liquid silver, while the designer’s signature side cutouts and bare back expose the body.

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Object Details

Title:

Woman's "Mercury" Evening Dress
“Mercury” Evening Dress

Date:

Fall/Winter 1994

Artist:

Medium:

Metallic/acrylic lamé velvet

Dimensions:

Center Front Length: 60 inches (152.4 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of Geoffrey Beene, 1997

Accession Number:

1997-96-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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