COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1993.52.3
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Name:
Versace, Gianni
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role:
Designer
Creator Dates/Places:
Italian, 1946-1997
Creator Name-CRT:
Designed by Gianni Versace
Title:
Gown
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
fall/winter 1991 - 1992
Creation Start Date:
1991
Creation End Date:
1992
Materials and Techniques:
silk, metal
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
Dimensions:
L. at center back 52 1/2 in. (122.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1993.52.3
Credit Line:
Gift of Gianni Versace, 1993
Context:
Amid the flurry of 1990s fashion stimulated by new supple and externalized corsetry, Versace boldly extended the line of the corset into a gown. In so doing, he did not resort to the exaggerations of a supported bust or narrowed waist of other practitioners of the 1990s corset. Instead, he allowed the line to be sinuously modern. Steadfast in his commitment to the sensuous, body-revealing dress, Versace did not employ the caricatural body of many who explored body shaping.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci1993.52.3.R.tif
