"Scarecrow Dress" maxi dress with skirt constructed of multicolored torn chiffon swatches and bodice of black silk with multicolored scribble-stitch embroidery. Skirt is straight with deep center back vent. Bodice is strapless in modified crumb catcher style with peaked sides. Center back zipper closure; lined in black silk. Designer label: Todd Oldham
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"Scarecrow Dress" maxi dress with skirt constructed of multicolored torn chiffon swatches and bodice of black silk with multicolored scribble-stitch embroidery. Skirt is straight with deep center back vent. Bodice is strapless in modified crumb catcher style with peaked sides. Center back zipper closure; lined in black silk. Designer label: Todd Oldham
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Notes
Todd Oldham labels for RISD exhibition, 'All of Everything': "I based this design on my assistant’s color thesis from college. She let me disassemble it and then I paid homage to it by dyeing all of the chiffon. We tore all the swatches then did a scribble-stitch embroidery on the bodice."
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Texas Fashion Collection
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