Halter dress

NameDress

Maker Margarita Pérez Pérez (MargaMod)

Date2010

Place madeLanzarote, Spain, Europe

MediumSilk, cotton

DimensionsMeasurments On Mannequin: 31 1/8 × 14 in. (79 × 35.5 cm)
Just dress on wall: 38 9/16 × 11 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (98 × 29 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.21.1

Object numberFA.2017.21.1a

Collections

Europe

DescriptionThis dress is composed of silk and cotton thread. There are seven pink circles sewn with a lighter pink thread in a starburst pattern making the circle look like flowers asymmetrically along the proper right side of the upper grey and lower black silk of the dress. The dress has a grey silk satin ribbon with a pink circle design on one end that is stitched to the collar of the dress that is used to tie the dress around the neck of the wearer. The skirt of the dress is black and asymmetrically with it being shorter in the front and longer in the back.