"Refrain"
Object type: Cocktail Dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Yves Saint Laurent|House of Dior
Artist bio: French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris|French, founded 1947
Artist role: Designer|Design House
Artist nationality: French, born Algeria|French
Date: spring/summer 1958
Medium: silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Iselin Jr., 1959
Accession year: 2009