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Pleated Grey White Geometric Print Dress
1960s · 1960s · American
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
cotton
Culture
American
Movement
Space Age
Influences
1960s geometric modernism
A short-sleeved day dress featuring an all-over geometric print in charcoal gray, white, and black. The bodice is fitted with a round neckline and cap sleeves, cinched at the natural waist with a matching fabric belt tied in a bow. The skirt portion displays vertical knife pleats that create movement and volume, extending to approximately knee length. The geometric pattern appears to be a repeating abstract design with angular shapes and lines. The construction shows machine-sewn seams typical of ready-to-wear garments from the 1960s, with the pleating technique creating texture and visual interest that reflects the era's embrace of geometric modernism.
dressfit and flareround neckknee length
Connected To
Influences·1960s geometric modernismMovement·Space Age
SHAREDsame era · cross-culture · cross-category
Both pieces pulse with the same 1960s obsession with geometric precision, but where the dress fractures space into sharp, crystalline shards across its pleated surface, the hat weaves it into a honeycomb of perfect hexagons. The dress's knife-sharp pleats create movement through repetition—each fold catching light like faceted glass—while the hat's woven grid locks geometry into place, turning the head into a modernist sculpture.
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