PRS_095 Fourreau en mousseline et paillettes amazone revoilées de fine dentelle, Jean Paul Gaultier, 2008-2009
Sheath dress in chiffon and amazon sequins covered with fine lace, worn under a long dress with a 'wicker mannequin' bust-cage in canary silk satin and merle with pronounced serpentine volutes.
Creating a new architectural form over the dress, the cage is a direct reference to the crinoline, a structural garment worn under the skirt to lend it fullness. Particularly fashionable in the 19th century, crinolines could reach around ten metres in circumference in the 1860s. Playing with paradox, Jean Paul Gaultier places this supporting element originally intended to be worn underneath, over the dress. With its nearly fluo- rescent green colour, the cage becomes ostentatious, evoking the splendour of the Second Empire and its lavish decorations.
Louvre Couture, Objets d'art, objets de mode
Musée du Louvre Paris
PRS_095 Fourreau en mousseline et paillettes amazone revoilées de fine dentelle, Jean Paul Gaultier, 2008-2009
Sheath dress in chiffon and amazon sequins covered with fine lace, worn under a long dress with a 'wicker mannequin' bust-cage in canary silk satin and merle with pronounced serpentine volutes.
Creating a new architectural form over the dress, the cage is a direct reference to the crinoline, a structural garment worn under the skirt to lend it fullness. Particularly fashionable in the 19th century, crinolines could reach around ten metres in circumference in the 1860s. Playing with paradox, Jean Paul Gaultier places this supporting element originally intended to be worn underneath, over the dress. With its nearly fluo- rescent green colour, the cage becomes ostentatious, evoking the splendour of the Second Empire and its lavish decorations.
Louvre Couture, Objets d'art, objets de mode
Musée du Louvre Paris