Evening Ensemble Front View
Marc Bohan
FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
Evening suit of silk crepe: A) Jacket with black trompe l'oeil collar and lapels; jacket is loose-fitting and wrap-style at waist; tie belt attached to CB. Label: MADE IN FRANCE/ PRINTEMPS ETE 1983/ Christian Dior/ PARIS/ 16971. B) Dress of silk crepe; high, wide neckline at front; deep "V" neckline at reverse; short sleeves with shoulder pads; waist with overlapping panels.
Label: MADE IN FRANCE/ PRINTEMPS ETE 1983/ Christian Dior/ PARIS/ 16972
Date: Spring Summer 1983
Note: Corresponding croquis in Betsy Bloomingdale Archive. Bloomingdale photographed wearing ensemble on May 1, 1986 to a Colleagues (Los Angeles) event. See: unidentified clipping (Probably Los Angeles Times) in Bloomingdale Scrapbook 1986-87. Additional biographical information in Bloomingdale donor files. Gown photographed in Hanover, Jerome. "Dior: Marc Bohan 1961-1989," Assouline, 2018, p414.
- Title: Evening Ensemble Front View
- Creator: Marc Bohan
- Date Created: 1983/1983
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: (A) Jacket: CB 25" (B) Dress: CB 29"
- Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale
- Type: Ensemble, Jacket, Dress
- Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
- Medium: Silk crêpe & silk braid
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