Evening suit

Romeo Gigli

fall/winter 1990–91 · (a) silk, feathers; (b) silk · Costume Institute

An elegant, but somewhat impractical, dinner suit assumes the position of modern fashion: one can apply one extravagant flourish to a fashion module, but no more. In Yves Saint Laurent's "Bird-of-Paradise" dress for Baroness de Rothschild, it was a sheer T-shirt. Here it is the feathers on a black suit.

Artist

Romeo Gigli

Date

fall/winter 1990–91

Medium

(a) silk, feathers; (b) silk

Culture

Italian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Holly Brubach, 1999