China. Dragon. Evening Dress. Met Museum – 2015
Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography © Platon
This sensational evening dress with a dragon running from top to bottom, and around, was designed by Travis Banton, in 1934. It is exactly the inspiration one needs today to go looking for everything Chinese in the fashion world, old and new. Gifted by Anna May Wong in1956, it is part of the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and can be drooled over at the Met Museum’s Costume Institute’s China Through The Looking Glass must-see exhibition along with more Chinese imagery in Art, Film and Fashion, from May 7th to August 16th, 2015. For more East Meets West wonders, check this album just up on my website, click HERE
Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography © Platon
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