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Cocktail dress

early 1990s

Cocktail dress — early 1990s

Materials

Synthetic fiber, silk, fur

House / label

Vera Wang

Collection

Early 1990s

Archive reference

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1999.478.3

Behind the design

This early-1990s cocktail dress documents Wang’s occasionwear during the decade in which she established her bridal salon. The museum records synthetic fiber, silk and fur; the precise year and collection season are not documented.

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