Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Bolero)

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Woman's Ensemble (Dress and Bolero)

Collection: 'Atomic 50s'

United States, California, 1950
Costumes; ensembles
Rayon plain weave (crepe), silk plain weave (taffeta)
Length (a) Dress center back length): 36 3/4 in. (93.35 cm) Length (b) Bolero center back length): 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Houston Rehrig (CR.69.55.5a-b)
Costume and Textiles
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

As the head costume designer for MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer) from 1928 to 1941, Adrian used dramatic proportions, luxurious materials, elegance, and wit, qualities for which he became renowned....
As the head costume designer for MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer) from 1928 to 1941, Adrian used dramatic proportions, luxurious materials, elegance, and wit, qualities for which he became renowned. His later work in high fashion exhibited this enduring signature style: in a collection ironically titled The Atomic 50s, Adrian featured textile swags and projectiles evoking mushroom clouds, as well as flounces that blasted off the garment’s surface.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
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Bibliography

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. 

Exhibition history

  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery, July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" South Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
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