Dauphinette Dress

Item

Title
Dauphinette Dress
date created
fall/winter 2022–23, edition 2024
designer
Olivia Cheng (American, born 1998)
design house
Dauphinette (American, founded 2018)
has culture
United States
material
silk
Jewel beetles
metal
description
Olivia Cheng created this custom silk organza dress with hand-placed jewel beetles for Dauphinette's 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.
subjects/references
Jewel beetles
collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
View on Met Website
accession number
2024.65
Item sets
Objects of Desire

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