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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Evening dress

fall/winter 1978–79

Materials

silk, lurex, synthetic fiber

House / label

Missoni

Collection

fall/winter 1978–79

Archive reference

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1984.589.5a, b

Behind the design

Missoni’s patterned evening dress combines silk, Lurex and synthetic fiber in a fluid knit silhouette.

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