Dress

Alexander McQueen2010

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States

Snakeskin print silk dress. Narrow grey label and size 38. The kaleidoscope print in shades of blue, internal pannier struts which support hip bands applied with graduated blue enamel plaques which finish in points at the front hem, floating 'sack-back' panels to the back.

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Details

Title: Dress
Creator: Alexander McQueen
Creator Birth Date: 1969
Creator Death Date: 2010
Date Created: 2010
Physical Dimensions: Center front length: 30 1/4 in (76.8 cm)
Provenance: Before 2014, consigned to Kerry Taylor Auction House, London; December 9, 2014, sold by Kerry Taylor to the MFA. (Accession date: February 25, 2015)
Fashion Show: "Plato's Atlantis" Collection
Season: Spring / Summer 2010
Type: Dress
Rights: Museum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council and Arthur Mason Knapp Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
Medium: Silk plain weave digitally printed, embroidered with enamel plaques

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