Evening gown and stole Gianfranco Ferré Ready-to

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Picture
Object
Evening gown and stole
Designer
Year
Gianfranco Ferré
1998-99
Label
Season
Fall-Winter
Collection
Ready-to-wear
Look
Inventory
Size
42 (10)
Materials
Spun silver tulle, silver gray silk satin, mechanical black lace, silver yarn, black yarn, fine silver metal plates, silver scale
paillettes (Langlois-Martin, Paris), clear glass beads
Working processes
Black mechanical lace inserts, hand/machine embroidery of fine metal plates (parallel or zigzag stitching), black thread
machine embroidery (Ricami Laura, San Martino del Rio). Hand application of scale paillettes (Boutique del ricamo, Locate di
Triulzi).
Description
Long straight snug fit evening gown in three cuts of tulle. Round neckline, long tight sleeves. Trumpet-train in back.
Underneath, a gray satin slip.
Raw-edge rectangular tulle stole.
The gown features decorative off-center embroidery becoming all the richer on the left thanks to the application of sparkling
silver scales, then ramifying on front and cuffs in a star/asymmetric spiral/bow with flaming arrow pattern. The stole has
allover embroidery in various designs: suns moons & stars, spirals, a bow with flaming arrow.
Inscriptions: “Naomi/626” and “5026/G700” on dress.
Remarks
A mermaid skin or a storybook sun moon & star dress? This is a gown serving solely as a surface on which to create an
extraordinary celestial motif embroidery similar to the one Lesage did in the 1930s. It’s a clear reference to the heyday of
haute couture, when flights of fantasy – and creative powers – knew no bounds.
Sources
Bibliography
Gianfranco Ferré, by Giusi Ferré and Samuele Mazza, Leonardo Arte, Milan 1998
Gianfranco Ferré. Itinerario, edited by Giusi Ferré, Leonardo Arte, Milan 1999
Embroidery in Italian Fashion: Il ricamo nella moda italiana, by Federico Rocca, Damiani, Bologna s.d. (2006), pp. 174-77,
255-57
Exhibitions
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Acquisition
Author of file
Enrica Morini
Present location
Date of file
02/09/2009
Condition
Good
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Details
Drawings
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Runway shots
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