Suit

Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)

1963–67 · wool · Costume Institute

Grès employs double-faced wool like a reversible shell. The joinings are finished in a clean welt with no seam allowance because the two faces of the fabric are split open and stitched together to a self-finished edge. The unseen interior is as beautifully finished as the exterior: other than the placement of the label, the suit could literally be reversed.

Artist

Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)

Date

1963–67

Medium

wool

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Anne Helen Hess, in memory of Audrey S. Hess, 1975