"Oyster Dress"

Title: "Oyster Dress"
date created: spring/summer 2003
designer: Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)
design house: Alexander McQueen (British, founded 1992)
has culture: United Kingdom
material: silk (textile)
description: Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2003 collection told the story of a shipwreck. This dress, with its hundreds of layers of silk organza, alludes to the forms of seashells, particularly oyster shells.
subjects/references: Oyster Shells
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 2003.462