Dress, Brassiere
Thomas Carlyle Ford (1961 –)
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The Kyoto Costume Institute (Kyoto, Japan)
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The white knit material of this dress seems to cling to the body lines. The black leather brassiere underneath is expected to be visible through the dress.The fashion of using underwear as outerwear became clearly in the 1980s, when orientation towards body-conscious fashion was in rage again. As part of this trend, in the late 1990s, even luxury and edgy brands such as Gucci and Prada successively introduced camisoles and slips that were more refined, enabling them to be used as tops and dresses. The conventional understanding that underwear should be invisible was gradually changing.Tom Ford, who was appointed as Creative Director of Gucci in 1994, raised Gucci from a bag brand to a general fashion brand with sexy and minimal designs on the basis of body-conscious fashion. Leveraging the company
About this artwork
- Title: Dress, Brassiere
- Artist: Thomas Carlyle Ford
- Year: 1998
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: The Kyoto Costume Institute
- Movement: Contemporary Realism
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Main color: Gray
- Keywords: fashion mannequin , white knit dress , underwear as outerwear


