Cocktail dress
Object type: Cocktail dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: House of Dior|Yves Saint Laurent
Artist bio: French, founded 1947|French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris
Artist role: Design House|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French, born Algeria
Date: 1958
Medium: Silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Rodman A. Heeren, 1962
Accession year: 2009