{"product_id":"rare-1967-paco-rabanne-aluminium-and-gilt-metal-gladiator-mini-dress-1","title":"Rare 1967 Paco Rabanne Aluminium And Gilt-Metal Gladiator Mini Dress","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAn exceptional example of Paco Rabanne’s radical vision, this sculptural mini dress dates to \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1967\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, a defining period in which the designer dismantled the conventions of traditional dressmaking and reconstructed clothing through industrial materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEntirely assembled by hand from hundreds of articulated \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003esilver-tone aluminium and gilt-metal elements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, the dress functions less as a conventional garment than as a form of wearable architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe metallic components are joined individually by rings, creating a flexible, chainmail-like surface that responds continuously to the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDense horizontal rows shape the structured bust, while increasingly open arrangements through the torso reveal the skin beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe skirt culminates in an irregular fringe of mobile metal elements, producing movement, reflection and sound with every step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIts gladiatorial silhouette encapsulates the futuristic vocabulary that made Rabanne one of the most revolutionary designers of the Space Age: armour transformed into eveningwear, machinery reimagined as ornament and the female body presented as both powerful and theatrical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA virtually identical Paco Rabanne dress was worn by German musician \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUdo Lindenberg on the cover of his 1981 album Udopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eChristie’s has documented another example of this model as a rare aluminium and gilt-metal gladiator mini dress from 1967, explicitly noting its correspondence with the garment featured on the album cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMore than a dress, this is an artefact of twentieth-century avant-garde fashion, a piece situated at the intersection of couture, sculpture, performance and pop-cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alva - Morgaine | Vintage Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53203751764304,"sku":"499","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1026\/0560\/files\/IMG_7750.heic?v=1782397130","url":"https:\/\/www.alva-morgaine.com\/products\/rare-1967-paco-rabanne-aluminium-and-gilt-metal-gladiator-mini-dress-1","provider":"Alva - Morgaine | Vintage Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}