Dress

Title: Dress
date created: 1996
design house: Evans & Wong (French, founded 1993)
has culture: France
material: viscose; cotton (textile)
description: Rather than imitating a specific object, this dress by French house Evans & Wong becomes a block of text. Words jump out at the viewer, such as "society" and "hands," but there are so many that their collective and individual meanings are lost.
subjects/references: Written words
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 1996.252