Evening dress

Geoffrey Beene

1991 · wool, silk, plastic · Costume Institute

The tracing lace provides both closure and aperture in Beene's dress, revealing the body and evoking a distinctive, undulating movement through the little black dress. Beene winds the lace around the body, including front and back, with the ease of Madeleine Vionnet.

Artist

Geoffrey Beene

Date

1991

Medium

wool, silk, plastic

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Anne H. Bass, 1993