Valentino
Evening Dress

DesignerItalian, born 1932
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Evening Dress
Date1980–1989
PlaceMilan, Italy
MediumSilk crepe, silk braids, sequins, bugle beads, and paillettes
DimensionsOverall: 58 × 12in. (147.3 × 30.5cm)
Credit LineGift of Lynn Wyatt
Object number96.707
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ProvenanceLynn Wyatt, Houston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition HistoryWorn by donor

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Label: Valentino Boutique

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Evening Gown
Elinor Simmons
c. 1965
Silk faille, organza, sequins, paillettes, brilliants, and seed beads
92.310
image from accession file
Philippe Venet
1970–1979
Silk chiffon, paillettes, rhinestones, silver sequins, white, gold, bronze bugle beads, gold seed beads, and metallic gold thread
99.614.A,.B
Evening Dress
James Galanos
1985–1989
Silk, paillettes, bugle beads, and seed beads
96.724.A-.C
Evening Gown
Gigliola Curiel
c. 1964
Schiffli machine embroidered silk, horsehair tape, sequins, paillettes, pleats, beads, and satin ribbons
94.103
Evening Dress (style #23403)
Karl Lagerfeld
1970–1980
Viscose velvet, silk organza and satin, bugle beads, leather, fur, sequins, patent leather, pearls, paillettes, and ribbon
92.531
Ensemble
Yves Saint Laurent
1981–1982
Abraham silk, bugle beads, seed beads, paillettes, and silk cord
96.777.A-.C
Evening Dress
Bill Blass
1980–1989
Silk, sequins, and bugle beads
96.706
Cocktail Dress (no. 105)
Bob Mackie
c. 1989
Silk, bugle beads, paillettes, seed beads, large beads, and rhinestones
98.502
Evening Gown
Arnold Scaasi
c. 1985
Silk, seed and bugle beads, and sequins
94.101
Evening Dress (no. 84/173 and no. 84/281)
Zandra Rhodes
1980–1989
Silk chiffon, rayon jersey, acetate satin, gloss seed beads, bugle beads, metallic cup sequins, and faux pearls
97.714.A,.B
Tunic
c. 1920
Silk net, paillettes, bugle beads, and snail shells
95.492
Evening Dress
Bob Mackie
1987
Net, crepe, bugle beads, sequins, and rhinestones
87.367