labelled, the simple shift dress with matching belt, a panel of pink shantung attached by snaps to the rear waistband and looped through the waist belt at the front to form a playsuit, bust approx 91cm 36in; together with a pair of Layne Neilson orange bead earrings; a reproduction blue silk turban; and some modern Siamese style finger decorations (qty)
Literature: 'The Rudi Gernreich Book' Peggy Moffitt & William Claxton photograph by William Claxton p144 of Peggy modelling this outfit. She wrote
'The panel of the shantung dress worn between the legs, snapped onto the wais in back. When it was removed, what remained was a simple dres with no 'Siamese' look whatsoever... Rudi was brilliant in paring a design down to its essence.'
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
1960s