"Gemini Twins" dresses

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Shift dresses of bright yellow polyester jersey knit and black embroidery, each with one short set-in sleeve and one long sleeve connecting the two dresses. Wide V-shaped necklines, knee length. At the bust, uneven embroidery and applied thick cord create shape of breasts, with larger coils of braid and hanging tassels mimicking pasties surrounded by embroidered daisy petal motifs on one dress and embroidered spirals on the other. Black embroidery and applied bands of woven braid across fronts of dresses create registers that read across the garments: "Slight...clever" and "Jane...Russell" "Marilyn" and "Monroe" "Christine" and "Jorgensen" "Positive" and "Peggy Lee" … continued below

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1 pair of dresses

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Oldham, Todd 1989/1999.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: Texas Fashion Collection and was provided by the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 39 times. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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Shift dresses of bright yellow polyester jersey knit and black embroidery, each with one short set-in sleeve and one long sleeve connecting the two dresses. Wide V-shaped necklines, knee length. At the bust, uneven embroidery and applied thick cord create shape of breasts, with larger coils of braid and hanging tassels mimicking pasties surrounded by embroidered daisy petal motifs on one dress and embroidered spirals on the other. Black embroidery and applied bands of woven braid across fronts of dresses create registers that read across the garments:
"Slight...clever" and "Jane...Russell"
"Marilyn" and "Monroe"
"Christine" and "Jorgensen"
"Positive" and "Peggy Lee"
"Nancy" and "Sinatra"

Designer label: Todd / Oldham

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1 pair of dresses

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February 2024: Todd Oldham's partner Tony Longoria noted via Instagram that this dress was commissioned by Simon Doonan for Barney's astrology windows in the 1990s, and Oldham used "Gemini Twins" traits and people as inspiration for the embroidery. A New York Times article covering Barney's zodiac-themed windows was published on 26 November 1989.

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Oldham, Todd. "Gemini Twins" dresses, physical object, 1989/1999; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1843337/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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