Dress

Leila Larmon|Stephen Bruce|Serendipity 3

1966 · cotton · Costume Institute

Stephen Bruce, along with Patch Carradine and Calvin Holt formed the Serendipity 3, opening a tiny coffee shop and boutique that would become an New York institution and favorite of such icons as Andy Warhol. Bruce began his fashion career as a window dresser for Macy's, and designed clothes for the shop's boutique along with Leila Larmon. The whimsical style of both the Serendipity label and the shop itself is evident in this caftan depicting the "Hey Diddle Diddle" nursery rhyme.

Artist

Leila Larmon|Stephen Bruce|Serendipity 3

Date

1966

Medium

cotton

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Stephen Bruce, 1983