Dauphinette Dress
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Title
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Dauphinette Dress
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date created
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fall/winter 2022–23, edition 2024
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designer
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Olivia Cheng (American, born 1998)
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design house
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Dauphinette (American, founded 2018)
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material
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silk, beetles (Jewel beetle, Sternocera aequisignata), metal
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silk
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Jewel beetles
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metal
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description
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Dauphinette created this custom silk organza dress with hand-placed metal "beetles" for their fall/winter 2022-2023 collection. The dress was featured in Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in 2024.
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collection
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Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/907224
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accession number
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2024.65
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