Dress

Joseph Love, Inc.

1966–68 · cellulose, nylon · Costume Institute

The paper dress craze was short-lived in the late 1960s. A fashionable trend, they were also made for promotional purposes and served as a sartorial representation of the throw-away ethos of the period. This example, created by prominent children's designer Joseph Love, has a particularly exuberant, cheerful and artistic pattern, which is child-like but also sophisticated.

Artist

Joseph Love, Inc.

Date

1966–68

Medium

cellulose, nylon

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 Joseph Love, Inc., 1968