Lot 101
  • 101

GRES, HAUTE COUTURE, CIRCA 1970 |

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • jersey de soie plisé
A pink and white pleated jersey dress

Provenance

Madame Grès's personal collection

Literature

Madame Grès, Entre ombre et lumière, Musée de Bourgoin-Jallieu, 19 June 2004 - 31 January 2005, similar model illustrated in the catalogue, p.51

Condition

Wears and little rips, yellowing all around the bodice. Wears and rips on the chest. Some threads pulled out and little stains on the bodice. Traces of pen on 1 cm on the white jersey. Vertical fading on the white jersey. Hem dirty and turned yellow. At the back orange stain on the rear and in the lower left. Important orange stain on the hem at the back. Little rip at the zip. White label, black letters "Grès 1 rue de la Paix Paris" party unstitched. customs lead, Atelier label 5620 152. Estimated French size 34
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