Dress of Claudia CARDINALE
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.9.20.2ab.CW.DR.C1982.ITAuthor:
Boza KOZAK (Italian, second half of the 20th century)Description
Red and white striped cotton patchwork dress, floor-length, with tiered sleeves made of red-white polka dot fabric and decorated with red cotton lace by the sleeve edges and by the hem of the skirt, with floral appliqués on the bodice; with wide red sash.The dress belonged to Claudia CARDINALE, (born 15 April 1938), an Italian Tunisian film actress who appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in multiple English-language films.
Materials
CottonLace
Appliqués
Origin
circa 1982 Rome, ItalyRelated object
Dress of Claudia CARDINALEExhibitions History
• 2020.07.17–2021.01.20. ‘From Fortuny to Versace. 100 Years of Italian Fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.• 2024.11.01–2025.04.27. ‘From Fortuny to Versace. 100 Years of Italian Fashion. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Castle Fall, Keila-Joa, Estonia.