Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Ensemble

spring/summer 2017

Materials

ramie, synthetic (viscose and lycra), cotton, leather

House / label

Céline

Collection

spring/summer 2017

Archive reference

2023.371a–d

Behind the design

Yves Klein receives the museum’s credit for the print. Philo places the blue figure on the front of a long pale dress, layering an image of the body over the wearer’s actual body.

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