- Designer
- Ayse Ege
Turkey, active France, Paris - Designer
- Ece Ege
Turkey, born 1963, active France, Paris - Title
- Woman's Dress, 'Dome'
- Date Made
- 2009
- Medium
- Cotton plain weave (organdy)
- Dimensions
- Center back length: 36 3/4 in. (93.35 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2022.106
- Collecting Area
- Costume and Textiles
- Curatorial Notes
Sisters Ayse and Ece Ege created Dice Kayek, the best-known fashion brand in Turkey, which is based in Paris and operates
in thirty-five countries worldwide. Dome is a dress that belongs to a collection intended to evoke Istanbul’s architectural and artistic
heritage. Here, the garment’s lightweight white cotton organdy has been folded to echo the ribs of the lead-covered domes of the
city’s mosques and palaces, while the puffed, bulbous sleeves are also reminiscent of a cupola. Ece and Ayse grew up in Turkey, and
now live and work in Istanbul and Paris; Ece is the creative director of Dice Kayek and Ayse is its manager. They won the contemporary
art and design Jameel Prize in 2011 and their line currently sells couture designs in Paris as well as ready-to-wear in several retail
stores internationally.
- Selected Bibliography
- Komaroff, Linda, Stephanie Rouinfar, Sandra Williams, and Sarah Mostafa Ahmed. Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023. https://archive.org/details/women-defining-women (accessed January 12, 2024).
