Woman’s lace dress
Michel Goma · c. 1959
Michel Goma
- French ready-to-wear
- Tailored couture
Michel Goma’s career connected several generations of French couture and ready-to-wear. He developed his own house from Jeanne Lafaurie’s business in 1958, then led design at Jean Patou during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Woman’s lace dress
c. 1959 · Season not documented
Scalloped tiers let the floral lace define the full skirt’s edge, while the strapless bodice keeps the upper silhouette compact.
Museum Associates/LACMA, gift of Alexis Georgina Scharff
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Yellow linen skirt suit
1962 · Museum collection
A jacket and skirt in yellow linen show Goma’s tailored daywear.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Yellow floral evening dress, possibly by Goma for Lafaurie
early 1950s · Museum collection
The V&A cautiously attributes this sequined organdie gown to Michel Goma for Jeanne Lafaurie. Worn by Gloria Guinness.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Printed Crimplene dress for Jean Patou
ca. 1964 · Museum collection
A long printed polyester dress with velvet and leather belts, documented by the V&A as Goma’s design for Jean Patou.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Abstract-print princess evening gown
c. 1965 · Selected archival work
Goma’s full-length design for Jean Patou gives an abstract print a continuous, fitted silhouette.
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Google Arts & CultureCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceSeason not documented
1 piece
About Michel Goma
Jean-Paul Gaultier worked in his studio as a young assistant. Goma later helped relaunch Balenciaga’s ready-to-wear from 1987 to 1992. His earlier lace dress at LACMA shows an accomplished understanding of formal construction: a compact strapless bodice balances a full skirt, whose scalloped tiers give the lace both pattern and structure.