Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Cocktail dress with black bow

Item

Title

Cocktail dress with black bow

Description

A. Black silk matelassé cocktail dress; surplice wrap style; V-neckline, dipping very low in front; long straight sleeves; padded shoulders; straight skirt; knee length. B. Large black velvet bow; attached to dress at right hip.

Outfit also has a large pink silk satin bow (Object ID #1997.408.c) that can be worn instead of the black bow.

From the Fall/Winter 1987-88 collection.

Relation

Cocktail dress with pink bow (Object ID #1997.408.ac)
Detail of dress closure (Object ID #1997.408.a)
Detail of dress where bow attaches (Object ID #1997.408.a)

Creator

Givenchy

Date

1987

Source

Donor: Museum at F.I.T.

Is Part Of

Identifier

Object ID #1997.408.ab
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/c4d1d69e1b56bc01946da4edc50ff9a6.jpg

Rights

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

Subject

Clothing and dress

Type

Still Image

Format

360 View

Collection

Citation

Givenchy, “Cocktail dress with black bow,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed August 10, 2026, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/5108.