RARE FABULOUS VINTAGE 60s / 70s RUDI GERNREICH
MINI DRESS
The following information is from the Vintage Fashion Guild Label Resource site & my thanks to them
Rudi Gernreich was born in Vienna but fled to California in 1938, where he studied in Los Angeles. He worked as a dancer and costume designer before becoming a freelance designer. In 1951 he began designing for Walter Bass, and in 1953, Westwood Knitting Mills. Gernreich produced knitwear that was comfortable and unstructured. He designed under both labels until 1959, when he left to start his own label, and to design for Harmon Knits.
He created a short-lived sensation with topless bathing suits in 1964, and made popular knitwear and long, straight halter dresses.
He was awarded the prestigious Coty Award for American designers in 1960.
He often used fabrics with geometric patterns and narrow stripes and introduced plastic fabrics in futuristic modes. Gernreich went into semi-retirement in 1968, but continued to produce knits into the early 1970s. Rudi Gernreich died in 1985.
A GREAT VINTAGE RARE ‘60s / ‘70s MINI DRESS BY THE FABULOUS DESIGNER RUDI GERNREICH - THE LABEL IS IDENTICAL TO ONE ON THE VINTAGE FASHION GUILD’S SITE - NO FABRIC TAG ON THE BLACK DRESS BUT THERE IS A SPARKLE IN THE KNIT FABRIC LIKE A LUREX KNIT WHICH IT PROBABLY IS CONSIDERING THE TIME PERIOD - GOLD LAME-TYPE BANDS OF FABRIC OR LUREX CRISS-CROSS THE BODICE FOR AN GODDESS LOOK - THE COLOR OF THE GOLD IS PRETTIER THAN SHOWN - SOME OF THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN LIGHTENED SO THE DETAIL CAN BE SEEN - BIG PLEAT FOR FULLNESS ON THE MINI SKIRT FRONT & BACK - BACK ZIPPER - OWN A PIECE OF RARE FASHION HISTORY BY THE WONDERFUL RUDI GERNREICH WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS MINI DRESSES & TOPLESS SWIMSUITS
Designer: Rudi Gernreich Design for Harmon Knitwear
Size: 6 - my model is a size 6 & I just got it zipped up in back with a little effort so the dress would probably fit a size 2 or 4 or a small 6 more comfortably - also even though it is a lurex knit, the sleeves do not stretch as much as a wool knit would so you should not have real big arms Measurements:
Fabric: No tag Condition: Very good
Care: No tag but probably dry clean
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Since these are vintage items, a bit of extra care needs to be taken with them so they remain beautiful & I DEFINITELY would never put a vintage nightgown or a peignoir in the dryer as it would ruin it.
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