Dress of the Year explained

The Dress of the Year is an annual fashion award run by the Fashion Museum, Bath since 1963. Each year since 1963, the Museum has asked a fashion journalist to select a dress or outfit that best represents the most important new ideas in contemporary fashion.[1] For 2010 the Museum broke with tradition by asking the milliner Stephen Jones, rather than a journalist, to choose an outfit;[2] and again in 2014 when the fashion blogger, Susanna Lau of Style Bubble, was asked to choose an outfit for 2013.[3] The outfit is then donated to the Fashion Museum along with an Adel Rootstein mannequin to represent that year's total look.[1]

Selections in chronological order

YearDesigner(s)Brief descriptionSelected by:Associated publication
1963

Mary Quant

Reed Crawford (hat)

Anello & Davide (boots)

Grey wool 'Rex Harrison' pinafore dress & cream blouse.[4]

Members of The Fashion Writers' Association

1964

Jean Muir for Jane & Jane

Charles Jourdan for Dior (shoes)

Dress in printed Liberty silk.

Members of The Fashion Writers' Association

1965

John Bates for Jean Varon

Anello & Davide (shoes)

Printed linen dress with mesh midriff.

Members of The Fashion Writers' Association

1966

Michèle Rosier of V de V (coat)

Young Jaeger (dress)

Simone Mirman (hat)

Elliott (boots)

John Bates for Echo (tights)

Clear plastic raincoat and boots worn with black & white rayon linen dress, white tights and white hat with red plastic visor.[5]

Ernestine Carter

The Sunday Times

1967

David Bond for Slimma

Edward Mann (hat)

Saxone (shoes)

Woman's trouser suit, hat & blouse in striped cotton.

Felicity Green

The Daily Mirror

1968

Jean Muir

Bally (shoes)

Black-spotted white cotton voile dress.

Ailsa Garland

Fashion

1969

Ossie Clark for Quorum

Rayne (shoes)

Woman's silk chiffon and satin trouser suit in Celia Birtwell print.

Prudence Glynn

The Times

1970

Bill Gibb for Baccarat

Kaffe Fassett (knitwear)

The Chelsea Cobbler (boots)

Plaid wool skirt and blue and white blouse, knitted waistcoat, blue suede boots.

Beatrix Miller

British Vogue

1971

Female: Graziella Fontana for Judith Hornby

Ravel (sandals)

Male: Rupert Lycett Green for Blades

Female: Hot pants suit in checked Liberty cotton.

Male: Black velvet evening suit & boots.

Serena Sinclair and Patrick Lichfield

The Daily Telegraph

1972

Teenage girl:Biba

Young girl: Bobby Hillson

Young boy: Orange Hand for Montague Burton

Teenage girl: Dress, hat & boots, red & white spotted cotton.

Young girl: Checked cotton dress & pinafore.

Young boy: Trousers, jumper and tank top.

Moira Keenan

The Sunday Times

1973

Female: Marc Bohan for Christian Dior London

Male: Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

Female: White wool coat & hat.

Male: Wool jacket, trousers & sweater.

Alison Adburgham

The Guardian

1974

Ottavio and Rosita Missoni

Pasquali (shoes)

Male & female ensembles in knitted wool & rayon.

Jennifer Hocking

Harper's Bazaar and Queen

1975

Female: Gina Fratini

Male: Tommy Nutter

The Chelsea Cobbler (shoes)

Female: Wedding dress, veil & posy basket, cream silk organza with mimosa print.

Male: Bridegroom's frock coat suit, eau de nil wool.

Anna Harvey

Brides

1976

Female: Kenzo Takada of Jungle Jap

Male: Fiorucci

Female: Two printed cotton ensembles with wooden jewellery.

Male: Hand-knitted sweater, two shirts and jeans.

Helena Matheopoulos

The Daily Express

1977

Kenzo Takada of Jungle Jap

Shirt-dress in khaki cotton, straw hat & plimsolls.

Ann Boyd

The Observer

1978

Female: Gordon Luke Clarke

Male: Cerruti

Female: Printed cotton & polyester jersey tunic, skirt and trousers worn with black leather skirt and coat.

Male: Coat, jacket, waistcoat & trousers, knitted wool and wool tweed.

Barbara Griggs

The Daily Mail

1979

Jean Muir

Manolo Blahnik for Zapata (shoes)

Black rayon jersey dress & beret with black leather jacket.

Geraldine Ranson

The Sunday Telegraph

1980

Calvin Klein

Diego della Valle (sandals)

Red & brown striped silk dress with leather belt & wooden jewellery.

Michael Roberts

The Sunday Times

1981

Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé

Walter Steiger (shoes)

Ugo Correani (necklace)

Printed white silk dress.

Vanessa de Lisle

Harper's & Queen

1982

Margaret Howell

Nigel Preston of Maxfield Parrish (leather wear)

Mulberry (belt)

Manolo Blahnik for Zapata (shoes)

Two women's ensembles, a linen skirt, shirt and waistcoat and a blue suede and fawn chamois leather skirt & jacket with cotton shirt.

Grace Coddington

British Vogue

1983

Sheridan Barnett

Manolo Blahnik (shoes)

Linen dress and coat.

Sally Brampton

The Observer

1984

Female: BodyMap

Female: Betty Jackson

Brian Bolger: (scarf)

Male: Katharine Hamnett

Female: Ensemble comprising skirt, jumper, stockings, hat, waxed jacket & earrings (BodyMap).

Female: Dress, cardigan & hat and scarf (Jackson & Bolger).

Male: T-shirt, shirt and cotton trousers.

Brenda Polan

The Guardian

1985

Female: Bruce Oldfield

Charles Jourdan (shoes)

Maria Buck (jewellery)

Male: Scott Crolla

Female: Black silk & gold lamé evening dress.

Male: Shirt, crushed velvet trousers and ikat mules.

Suzy Menkes

The Times

1986

Giorgio Armani

Female: Checked wool jacket, skirt, and black suede shoes.

Male: Jacket, trousers, shirt and brogues.

Colin McDowell

Country Life

1987

John Galliano

Patrick Cox (shoes)

Checked cotton coat, skirt, shirt & hat.

Debbi Mason

Elle

1988

Jean-Paul Gaultier for Junior Gaultier

Black denim dress, mesh T-shirt, hat, tights & shoes.

Jeff Banks

The Clothes Show (BBC)

1989

Rifat Ozbek

Woman's embroidered velvet evening ensemble.

Kathryn Samuel

The Daily Telegraph

1990

Romeo Gigli

Woman's dark blue velvet trouser suit with organza blouse.

Joan Burstein

Browns

1991

Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

Pink lurex & wool tweed jacket & shoes, denim skirt & hat, belt & costume jewellery.

Elizabeth Tilberis

Vogue

1992

Ralph Lauren

Woman's black and white pinstripe trouser suit & shirt.

Liz Smith

The Times

1993

Donna Karan

Purple wool & stretch velvet dress, hat & boots.

Glenda Bailey

Marie Claire

1994

John Galliano

Black silk strapless evening dress.

Meredith Etherington-Smith

Harper's & Queen

1995

Female: Catherine Rayner

Emma Hope (shoes)

Male: Tom Gilbey

Female: Beaded ivory silk satin wedding dress.

Male: Ivory silk frock coat, cream wool trousers and embroidered waistcoat.

Sandra Boler

Brides

1996

Female: Alexander McQueen

Male: Paul Smith

Female: Floral brocade top with red 'bumster' trousers.

Male: Bright blue two-piece suit and shirt

Tamsin Blanchard

The Independent

1997

Female: Hussein Chalayan

Female: Julien MacDonald

Female: Lainey Keogh

Female: Deborah Milner

Philip Treacy (bonnet)

Mr Pearl (corset)

Shaun Leane (mouthpiece)

Female: Purple evening dress with sunburst bead embroidery (Chalayan).

Female: 'Mermaid' evening dress, gold knitted rayon & horsehair (MacDonald).

Female: Evening dress and coat, black knit with beading (Keogh).

Female: Evening coat, purple velvet, with fur collar (Milner).

Sculptural black bonnet

Black satin corset

Silver sculptural mouthpiece[6]

Isabella Blow

The Sunday Times

1998

Female: Sonia Rykiel

Male: Chris Bailey for Jigsaw Menswear

Female: Black knitted sweater & combat trousers, with pink marabou stole.

Male: Silver-grey suit, white T-shirt and ankle-length puffa jacket.

Iain R. Webb

Elle

1999

Alexander McQueen

Cream lace dress with brown leather collar and sandals.[7]

Susannah Frankel

The Independent

2000

Donatella Versace for Versace

Bamboo-print silk chiffon evening dress and jeweled mules.[8]

Lisa Armstrong

The Times

2001

Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

'Peasant' ensemble of gauze top and velvet & satin skirt, with boots and velvet scarf.

Alexandra Shulman

Vogue

2002

Junya Watanabe

Dress, pieced together knit & jersey fabrics, with distressed cow-hide shoes.[9]

Hilary Alexander

The Daily Telegraph

2003

Marni

Colorful printed dress.[10]

Lucinda Chambers

Vogue

2004

Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

Evening dress in Chinese dragon print satin.

Sarajane Hoare

Vanity Fair

2005

Female: Alber Elbaz for Lanvin

Male: Thom Browne

Female: Blue silk faille dress with full skirt.

Male: Suit with covered buttons and seersucker lining.[11]

Charlie Porter

GQ; The Guardian

2006

Prada

Woman's olive green coat with fur patch pockets.

Sarah Mower

2007

Giles Deacon at GILES

Orange 'Troubadour' dress with accompanying orange scarf.

Hywel Davies

2008

Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel (trouser ensemble)

Kate Moss for Topshop (dress)

Gold star and navy blue trouser ensemble.

Long sleeved black dress with heart-print.

Paula Reed

Grazia

2009

Antonio Berardi

White and black trompe l'oeil corset dress.[12]

Lucy Yeomans

Harper's Bazaar

2010

Vivienne Westwood

Green ribbed shot-silk deconstructed dress.[13]

Stephen Jones

2011

Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

White embroidered ivory tulle and organza ballgown.[14]

Hamish Bowles

Vogue

2012

Raf Simons for Christian Dior

Embroidered and appliquéd silk cut-off ballgown and black cigarette pants.

Vanessa Friedman

Financial Times

2013

Christopher Kane (dress)

Nasir Mazhar (hat)

Sophia Webster (shoes)

Sugar-pink silk organza dress trimmed with white lace, diamanté and black duct tape.

Pink canvas cap with cartoon character motif.

Pink and black sandals with striped stiletto heel.

Susanna Lau

Style Bubble

2014

Gareth Pugh

'Look 41' ensemble in plastic sheeting and calico.[15]

Katie Grand

LOVE

2015

Craig Green

Two menswear/gender-neutral ensembles shown on male and female mannequins.[16]

Gordon Richardson, design director of Topman.

2016

Female: JW Anderson for LOEWE

Male: JW Anderson

Female: Cream mohair tweed dress with gilded Nappa leather bustier, tan leather bag and wire and coin jewellery.

Male: Cream oversized cardigan, trousers, white shirt and red trainer-boots. Perspex choker.[17]

Kate Phelan

British Vogue

2017

Maria Grazia Chiuri for Christian Dior

"We Should All be Feminists" T-shirt.[18]

Sarah Bailey

Red

2018

Female: Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton

Male: Kim Jones for Dior Homme

Female: Ensemble comprising an embroidered pink silk coat, white silk cropped long-sleeve blouse and blue jersey shorts, with 'Archlight' sneakers.

Male: "Look 27," a pink cashmere double-breasted suit, canvas and calfskin duffle bag, pink calfskin and mesh sneakers, and chunky metal and rhodonite necklace.[19]

Alexander Fury

Another Magazine and Financial Times

2019

Giambattista Valli for H&M

Evening dress in pink pleated tulle.[20]

Donna Wallace

British Vogue

2020

Female: Riccardo Tisci for Burberry & PPE

Neutral: Ian Jeffries for Marine GARMENT

Neutral: Black Lives Matter T-shirt

Male: Francesco Colucci

Female: Daisy Robbins for Daisy Sunshine

Female: Gareth Wrighton & Ib Kamara

Female: Iain R. Webb

Documentary film: Nick Knight

Female: "Apocalypse Outfit" as worn by Naomi Campbell: Burberry cashmere cape with Tyvek overall; latex gloves, face mask.

Neutral: Gender-neutral khaki T-shirt and trousers with fishing cap, mask, and cotton bag inscribed "BLACK LIVES MATTER".

Neutral: Unisex T-shirt with Black Lives Matter slogan.

Male: Ensemble from Colucci's "Isolation Portraits" series, assembled from an orange down jacket, PVC trousers, a jumpsuit and a sculptural mask.

Female: Patchwork cotton and cashmere kimono, embroidered sweater and painted cotton shorts.

Female: "A Dress of Hope" designed by Wrighton & styled by Kamara, using found table linens.

Female: Dress from Iain R. Webb's graduate collection of 1980.

Documentary film: "SWALK", about John Galliano at Martin Margiela.[21]

Iain R. Webb

2021

Armani

Black silk georgette dress with lotus flower embroidery.[22]

Ib Kamara and Gareth Wrighton

Dazed

2022

Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu

Brown cotton twill micro-miniskirt, blue slashed cotton shirt and grey cashmere cable knit cropped sweater.[23] [24]

Kenya Hunt

Elle

See also

References

  1. http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/collections/dress_of_the_year.aspx Dress of the Year at the Fashion Museum's website
  2. http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/whats_on/press_releases/2011/dress_of_the_year_2010.aspx Press release for the 2010 Dress of the Year at the Fashion Museum's website
  3. News: Sugar pink duct tape Christopher Kane creation is Dress of the Year at Bath Fashion Museum . 29 April 2014 . Culture24 . 15 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429194547/http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/fashion-and-costume/art476216-Sugar-pink-duct-tape-Christopher-Kane-creation-is-Dress-of-the-Year-at-Bath-Fashion-Museum .
  4. News: Blanchard. Tamsin. Posterity: What single outfit defines 1996 fashion for you? A pair of Gucci velvet flares, a Diesel jacket as worn by our Liam?. 26 April 2013. The Independent. 25 November 1996.
  5. News: Prudames . David . Museum Of Costume Unveils Its Dress Of The Year 2002 . 10 July 2014 . Culture24 . 17 December 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710003832/http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/time/art14442 .
  6. Book: Lester . Richard . Dress of the year . 2013 . Antique Collectors' Club . 9781851497256 . 141–142.
  7. News: Frankel. Susannah. Winning Dior! Raf Simons On Designing The Bath Dress Of 2012. 25 April 2013. Grazia. 18 April 2013. 26 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130426025156/http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/FashionVictim/bath-dress-of-2012-dior. dead.
  8. Book: Evans, Caroline. Fashion at the edge spectacle, modernity and deathliness. 2007. Yale University Press. New Haven [u.a.]. 978-0300124675. 115. 3. printing..
  9. News: Who what when where why: Liv Tyler. 26 April 2013. The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 December 2002.
  10. News: Culture24 Staff . Kate Moss and five new Dresses of the Year join the Fashion Museum, Bath . 10 July 2014 . Culture24 . 14 May 2009 . 14 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710100655/http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/fashion-and-costume/art68628 .
  11. News: Porter. Charlie. Top of the frocks. 25 March 2015. The Guardian. 3 December 2005.
  12. News: Bath Fashion Museum announces new Dress of the Year. 25 April 2013. BBC News. 8 February 2010.
  13. News: Starr . Rhiannon . Stephen Jones picks Vivienne Westwood number as Dress of the Year . 10 July 2014 . culture24.org.uk . 17 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710004356/http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/fashion-and-costume/art356253 .
  14. News: Dress that inspired Kate Middleton's wedding gown is Bath Fashion Museum Dress of Year. 25 April 2013. culture24.org.uk. 30 March 2012.
  15. News: Prestigious Dress of the Year announced. 25 March 2015. ITV News. 24 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325103302/http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/2015-03-24/prestigious-dress-of-the-year-announced/. 25 March 2015.
  16. Web site: Gush. Charlotte. a craig green menswear look has been named dress of the year. i-d. I-D Magazine. 8 March 2016. 3 December 2015.
  17. News: World-renowned Fashion Museum in Bath announces Dress of the Year 2016 Bath Echo. 4 July 2017. Bath Echo. 2 June 2017.
  18. News: Gowans-Eglinton. Charlie. How t-shirt activism became the fashion statement of the year. 12 January 2018. The Telegraph. 1 December 2017.
  19. News: Staff writers . Fashion Museum in Bath announces prestigious Dress of the Year 2018 . 13 April 2019 . Bath Echo . 3 December 2018.
  20. News: Pink dress worn by Kendall Jenner to go on display at Bath museum . 29 June 2020 . ITV News . ITV . 29 November 2019 . en.
  21. Web site: Różyc . Marcin . Dress of the Year: Jakie ubrania zapamiętamy z 2020? . Vogue Polska . 27 January 2022 . pl . 10 May 2021.
  22. Web site: Meghan's Oprah interview dress is named fashion museum's Dress of the Year. CNN. Jacopo. Prisco. 24 February 2022. 26 February 2022.
  23. Web site: Miu Miu mini skirt named as 'Dress of the Year' for 2022 . RTÉ . RTÉ Ireland . 10 October 2023 . en . 10 August 2023.
  24. Web site: Miu Miu miniskirt wins Dress of the Year award . BBC News . 10 August 2023.

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