Evening dress

Title: Evening dress
date created: spring/summer 1991
designer: Gianni Versace (Italian, 1946–1997)
design house: Gianni Versace (Italian, founded 1978)
has culture: Italy
material: silk (textile); glass
description: Gianni Versace, like artist Andy Warhol, was fascinated by popular culture and its visual grammar. This dress appropriates Warhol's images to create a new work of art in the form of a vibrantly colored dress characteristic of Versace's bold style.
subjects/references: "Rebel Without a Cause" By Andy Warhol; "Marylin Monroe" by Andy Warhol
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 1993.52.4