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Pierre Cardin

1965 · wool, cotton, plastic · Costume Institute

Envisioning radical dress reform determined by technology and planning a reductive style of the moment, Cardin was, along with Courrèges and Ungaro, a prophet of the 1960s speculations toward a future. An A-line geometry was inflected by the ornament of a band and target. Cardin's emblem was as referenced as Jasper Johns's anatomical Target (1955): Cardin makes the pieced-in band and circle a visual waistline.

Artist

Pierre Cardin

Date

1965

Medium

wool, cotton, plastic

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Pierre Cardin, 1977