Do-It-Yourself dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2018.7.31.7.CW.DR.C1996.FRAuthor:
Paco RABANNE (Spanish-French, born 1934)Description
Do-It-Yourself disc dress kit by Paco RABANNE, presented in a plexiglas case containing a batch of metallised rhodoid pellets and metal rings to be assembled together with its instructions for use.Paco RABANNE first created his metal disc dress for his 1967 Couture collection. This dress revolutionized fashion and it is number 14 on the Marie Claire list of "The 50 Dresses That Changed Fashion". In 1996 Paco Rabanne created a Do-It-Yourself version of the famous dress packaged in a plastic suitcase.
Materials
RhodoïdMetal
Plastic
Plexiglas
Origin
circa 1996 FranceExhibitions History
• 2021.07.23–2021.08.31. ‘From Earth to Space. Modernism and fashion of 1960ies. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Visaginas culture center, Visaginas, Lithuania.• 2023.07.15–2023.11.05. ‘The Paradox of Fashion: Fashion versus Art.’ Alexandre Vassiliev foundation together with Kampa Museum Funds. Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.