Dress

Title: Dress
date created: fall/winter 2000–1
designer: John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960)
design house: House of Dior (French, founded 1946)
has culture: France; United Kingdom
material: silk (textile); leather; metal
description: This Dior dress features pages of a fictional newspaper called the "Christian Dior Daily." The dress's designer, John Galliano, appears in photographs printed all over the dress. A similar dress from the same collection was worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the popular television series "Sex and the City." Thanks to Parker, this clever dress and its variations have achieved cult status.
subjects/references: Newspapers
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 2024.522