Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Dress

1989

Materials

wool, synthetic fiber

House / label

Patrick Kelly

Collection

1989

Archive reference

1995.577.4

Behind the design

A blue draped panel crosses diagonally over a black, long-sleeved dress. The contrast shifts attention from the high neckline to the hip, giving a simple, knee-length silhouette an asymmetric second layer.

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