Skirt of open weave silk ribbons. The floor-length skirt is created of loosely woven silk ribbons of yellow, red, blue, green, pink, orange, brown, white, and black, forming a lattice or trellis. It gathers into the orange waistband, which has a single hook-and-eye closure, and is unlined. No labels in garment.
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Designer
Oldham, Todd
Oldham, Todd (b. Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 1961 - )
Donor
Oldham, Todd
Oldham, Todd (b. Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 1961 - )
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Description
Skirt of open weave silk ribbons. The floor-length skirt is created of loosely woven silk ribbons of yellow, red, blue, green, pink, orange, brown, white, and black, forming a lattice or trellis. It gathers into the orange waistband, which has a single hook-and-eye closure, and is unlined.
No labels in garment.
Physical Description
1 skirt
Notes
From Todd Oldham label for RISD exhibition "All of Everything": Satin ribbons were hand woven in my factory. Each pattern piece was woven to size on top of a tricot warp-knit fusible lining, which helped lock the ribbons together but allowed the edges to move and hinge.
Dated Fall 1996 at time of donation
Same fabric shown in Spring Summer 1996 New York Fashion Week on 7 November 1995, Getty Images
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Texas Fashion Collection
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