unlabelled, the ivory crêpe de chine ground printed with navy abstract/wave forms and scarlet bands and spots, cut wide and short; together with a pair of modern white patent Pretty Ballerina ballet flats (3)
Peggy wore this dress with vinyl decals.
Literature: 'The Rudi Gernreich Book' Peggy Moffitt & William Claxton pp 124-125, double page spread, photograph by William Claxton of Peggy wearing this dress and also for the frontispiece of the book
Exhibited:
‘The Total Look The Creative Collaboration between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton’ - Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, Feb 26 - May 27, 2012, Scad Museum of Art, June 22 - Oct. 7, 2012; Cincinnati Arts Museum, Feb 28 - May 24, 2015,
‘Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich’ Phoenix Art Museum, April 7-September 26, 2021
A recording of 'BASIC BLACK' can be viewed here.
1960s