Paco Rabanne (B.1934). A Dress, 1969

assembled from linked black rhodoïd disks, with a double band at hip and breast - Price Realized £5,000 ($8,000)

Literature: A. Fukai (ed.), Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, Cologne, 2002, p.582 (example, of steel discs, illustrated)

Notes: This construction of rhodoïd discs dates from 1969.

Christie's. Resurrection: Avant-garde Fashion. 30 October 2008. London, South Kensington. Image 2008 Christie's Ltd. www.christie's.com