Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)
Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)

Oscar de la Renta Beaded Green Silk Skirt and Top Set (SS 1999)

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Curator’s Note

This Oscar de la Renta ensemble was presented on the Spring/Summer 1999 runway. The same design was exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Fabulous Fashion exhibition. The skirt is made entirely of green seed beads in a vermicular pattern, scattered with green and blue leaf appliqués and blue and pink glass beads, lined in green chiffon. The halter top is cut in green silk taffeta that can be ties at the back or the front.

Description

  • Oscar de la Renta runway two-piece ensemble, Spring/Summer 1999
  • The skirt is entirely hand-beaded in a vermicular pattern in green seed beads
  • Three-dimensional green and blue leaf appliqués scattered across the skirt
  • Blue and pink glass beads, with dangling beaded strands at the hem
  • Skirt lined in green chiffon
  • Halter top is made of green silk taffeta that can be tied at the front or at the back

Size & Measurements 

  • Labelled size US 6 (please refer to measurements for accurate fit)
  • Measurements are taken with the garment laid flat:
    • Halter top, untied
      • Length: 71cm
      • Width at chest: 39cm
    • Skirt
      • Waist: 33cm
      • Hips: 41cm
      • Length: 64cm

Very good

This has been well-preserved. Any imperfections are negligible and do not detract from the item's overall appearance or functionality.

Oscar De La Renta

Oscar de la Renta was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in 1932 and left for Madrid at eighteen to study painting at the Academia de San Fernando. His fashion career began when Cristóbal Balenciaga was shown some of his illustrations, leading to an apprenticeship at Balenciaga's Madrid atelier. His work became closely associated with American elegance: vibrant colours, flower prints, ruffles and embellishment worn by the women of New York society, American first ladies and, later, red-carpet celebrities, among whom are Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Amal Clooney. In November 1973 he was one of five American designers (Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein and Stephen Burrows) who faced five French couturiers (Yves Saint Laurent, Emanuel Ungaro, Pierre Cardin, Marc Bohan for Dior and Hubert de Givenchy) at the Battle of Versailles, a charity fashion show staged in the Royal Opera of the Palace of Versailles. The Americans were widely considered to have won. He died in October 2014. The house has since been led by Peter Copping, then Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, who departed in 2026.

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