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Paco Rabanne (1934-2023) & Philippe Andrieux, maître verrier (1949-2018)

Exceptional stained glass dress 1984 In pieces of hand-cut, polished and silvered blown glass, colored and held in place by red, pink and silver metallic chain mail. Presumed size 36/38 Length 122 cm Provenance: > Archives, La Maison du Vitrail, Paris, 75015 Bibliography: Video archives INA, Antenne 2 Midi, July 22, 1984, Michel Honorin welcomes Paco Rabanne and Philippe Andrieux, who present a glass dress (ours) and a copper-plate dress: https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cab8400975301/paco-rabanne-et-ses-robes-en-verre On July 22, 1984, Paco Rabanne and Philippe Andrieux were invited by Michel Honorin to the Antenne 2 set to present two dresses created by the famous couturier in collaboration with master craftsmen. Paco Rabanne declares that the "vitrail dress, made with elements of traditional stained glass," is not made "to work but to show the possibilities of fashion", adding, "I believe that a fashion designer has all the freedoms of a painter or sculptor". In 1984, the man Coco Chanel had nicknamed the "metallurgist" continued to to revolutionize fashion, while retaining the guiding principle he had set himself in his "Manifeste" show 18 years earlier, when he presented "12 importable dresses in contemporary materials". Here, Rhodoid or metal plates are replaced by an even crazier material for a garment: glass! And to hold them in place, Paco Rabanne's iconic chainmail replaces the master glassmaker's traditional lead rods. Philippe Andrieux, founder with his wife Christiane of La Maison du vitrail in 1973, said on Antenne 2: "It took a lot of work, but as Paco Rabanne said, we have a duty to push back the limits of the impossible! Between them, they succeeded in creating a work of art worthy of a Charles Perrault fairy tale: the first glass dress. At a time when "Paris still has the privilege of being the capital of fashion", Paco Rabanne concludes: "It's a work of art, basically a gag, a gag to try and push back the limits of fashion, a gag to say something very serious: fashion must be art, and art has no limits. Today, museums are giving fashion pride of place and there's no doubt that one of the designer's prophecies has finally come true! 40 years after its creation, this museum-quality piece, combining the skills of an exceptional glass artisan and one of the most influential fashion designers of his generation, will be auctioned on Saturday, July 6, at FauveParis.

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Paco Rabanne (1934-2023) & Philippe Andrieux, maître verrier (1949-2018)

Estimate 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

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For sale on Saturday 06 Jul : 10:30 (CEST) , resuming at 14:30
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