Evening dress

Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)

1978 · silk · Costume Institute

A number of fashion designers have referenced the reduced scale of Artemis's himation, which was more like a Greek man's chlamys. Madame Grès took a square of velvet to knot at the shoulder but also to wrap around the waist as a sarong.

Artist

Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)

Date

1978

Medium

silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Chessy Rayner, 1997