Wedding dress

Designer Vera Wang American

2002

Not on view

Through the twentieth century, classical dress accrued a number of associations, some more and others less historically apt. Certain of them-body consciousness, simple untailored construction, and deeply draped folds-conform more closely to their ancient prototypes than others: crisscross girdling at the midriff, fitted silhouettes, and insubstantial and unlined white materials. In these examples, classical dress is inspired not by the styles of the antique but by the fashions of the Directoire and Empire periods. Tulle and chiffon, textiles unknown to the ancient Greeks, are shirred and gathered into folds that suggest a merging of classical wet-drapery effects with the Neoclassical gowns depicted by Jacques-Louis David and Jean-August-Dominique Ingres.

Artwork Details

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Exhibition History

Title: Wedding dress
Designer: Vera Wang (American, born 1949)
Date: 2002
Culture: American
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Vera Wang, 2003
Object Number: 2003.67
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

More Artwork

By Vera Wang

In the same medium

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Evening dress, Vera Wang American, silk, plastic, foam, American — Evening dress
Vera Wang
ca. 2002

Cocktail dress, Vera Wang American, synthetic fiber, silk, fur, American — Cocktail dress
Vera Wang
early 1990s

Cocktail ensemble, Vera Wang American, (a, b) synthetic fiber, silk, American — Cocktail ensemble
Vera Wang
early 1990s

Ensemble, Vera Wang American, Silk, wool, cotton — Ensemble
Vera Wang
fall/winter 2019−20

Vera Wang American, silk, wool, synthetic — Vera Wang
spring/summer 2017

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.