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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Dress

1980s

Materials

silk

House / label

Williwear

Collection

1980s

Archive reference

2023.54

Behind the design

This short black silk dress combines a gathered halter bodice with a pointed waist panel and a rounded, puffed skirt. The Met attributes the design to Willi Smith for Williwear and dates it broadly to the 1980s.

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