Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Detail of snap closures at skirt

Item

2013.02.04_detail.jpg

Title

Detail of snap closures at skirt

Description

Black velvet cocktail dress; jewel neckline; long sleeves; black beaded decoration around hips; two layers of black fringe make up skirt; knee length; lined; center back zipper closure.

From Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter 1991/1992 Collection. According to an email from the donor: "The dress I donated was an original one [Oscar de la Renta] made for his Fashion Show, a sample piece which he later gave me after I was able to wear it to a black tie event in New York. My husband worked with him on a fragrance."

Relation

Cocktail dress (Object ID #2013.02.04)

Creator

De la Renta, Oscar

Date

1991

Source

Donor: Diane McLarnon-Aiken

Identifier

Object ID #2013.02.04
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/7ad2fe70ac97be2f4009135c701a538a.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

Clothing and dress

Type

Still Image

Format

Still Shot

Citation

De la Renta, Oscar, “Detail of snap closures at skirt,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed April 1, 2026, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4762.