Dress

Hubert de Givenchy|House of Givenchy

1953 · linen · Costume Institute

This day dress bears the first label that Givenchy ever used. The quirkiness of the embroidered peapod motifs and their symmetrical placement on the dress are signature characteristics of the work of the French couture.

Artist

Hubert de Givenchy|House of Givenchy

Date

1953

Medium

linen

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lauren Bacall, 1967