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Description: | Fabric described in original press release as "Ascher's two-tone pigment print on scarlet Kashmir cotton". Wide boat neck, with narrow facing of bias strip of self fabric, armholes finished ditto; bodice front in one section, and back in one section each side of CB opening, dart on each shoulder; CB fastening with zip to below waist; hook & eye at neck, and fastening inner waistband; unfitted bodice gathered to waist to give loose bloused effect, the gathering held in place 1.5in above waist seam with narrow self-fabric rouleau tacked on inside; back and front skirt each in one narrow section tapering to hem, pleated to waist in front, shaped with dart each side of back; separate belt of self fabric, backed in thin red leather, fastening with hooks.
label : "Pierre Cardin / PARIS"
Shown at fashion parade ("Britain's Couture Cottons for 1958" staged at the Hyde Park Hotel, London, 25 June 1957)
Cotton Board
Technique: woven
Technique: printed
Material: cotton
dress by Pierre Cardin, Zita Ascher, 1957, (1959.99). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.6655 | Go to resource |
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