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Evening dress

Giles DeaconSpring 2007

The Museum at FIT

The Museum at FIT
New York City, United States

Giles Deacon Vagrant evening dress.
“There is a good black and a bad black,” writes Michel Pastoureau, the greatest modern historian of color. Good black is brilliant and shiny, he explains, while matte black is bad and sad. By combining different materials, Giles Deacon evokes different kinds of black.

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  • Title: Evening dress
  • Creator: Giles Deacon
  • Fashion House: Giles Deacon
  • Date Created: Spring 2007
  • Location Created: England
  • Season: Spring 2007
  • Type: Dress
  • Rights: Copyright The Museum at FIT
  • Medium: Black silk organza, chiffon and netting, rubber, and patent leather
  • Credit: Lent by Studio Giles
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