Hobble skirt, queue de Paris, crinoline and corset; the fashion silhouette demands much of the female body through the ages. The Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleeding (in short, the V.v.V.v.V.) was established in 1899. The members' protests against the existing fashions included the wearing of a train outdoors, tight stifling collars, high heels, and especially the tightly corsetted waists and heavy, closely woven fabric. One of the designs which aimed to improve the situation was developed by the Dutch woman Marie Thierbach-Paris, who aspired to simple clothing styles not dictated to by the fashion of the moment. The tunic-like ankle length Thierbach design, of which this pale green dress is a fine example, is based on minimal cutting of the material. The shape of the dress should be tailored by pleating the back and using soft material. The V.v.V.v.V. even established a special vocational school in 1909. One of the committee members and wearer and donator of this silk dress with macramé and beads was Mrs J.L. Redeke-Hoek.
Title
Reformjapon
Artist
Dating
1912
Material and technique
Object number
10066
Object type
Acquisition
schenking 1947
Dimensions
hoogte 138 cm
breedte 66 cm
diepte 1 cm
Documentation
- Mode en kostuums, Hanneke Adriaans, Saskia Kuus, (Per Kwartaal : 3-maandelijks overzicht van de Dienst Gemeentelijke Musea Utrecht, 1, 2, sept. - okt. 1984), p. 291-292, cat. nr. 99, met afb.; p. 130-131, met afb. in kleur
Exhibitions
- Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum
- Mode en Kunst. Een affaire, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- Woman by Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior Couture, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Ann Demeulemeester, Veronique Leroy, Bernard Willhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan, Centraal Museum
- Kleding rond 1900; een tijd in beweging, Drents Museum in Abdijkerk
- De Utrechtse Parade 1495-1995, van Van Scorel tot Rietveld en Koch, Centraal Museum
- Nederland 1913. Een reconstructie van het culturele leven, Frans Halsmuseum
- Reformkleding in Nederland, Centraal Museum
- Arnhem 1911, Gemeentemuseum Arnhem
- Pluche en plastic, Haags Gemeentemuseum
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