Dress

Title

Dress

Creator

Andrew Gn

Year/Period

2022

Region

Paris, France

Object Type

cheongsam, dresses (garments)

Material

silk (textile)

Technique

sewing (needleworking technique), screen printing, painting (image-making), pleating

Dimension

Object size: 127.0 x 75.0 cm

Accession No.

2022-00867

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Andrew Gn

This sleeveless dress features a high mandarin collar and pleated textures. The motifs of flowers and butterflies are hand-painted by the designer’s studio before being printed on silk. It comes from Andrew Gn’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection, ‘Voyage AGN’ which features bold, psychedelic colours. Andrew Gn is one of Singapore’s most prolific fashion designers in history, achieving high levels of critical acclaim and industry success. He is the only Singaporean to be a constant feature of Paris Fashion Week since 1995. His creations are known for their elegant, feminine, maximalist aesthetics and are finely crafted, cross-cultural, and reflective of innovation in tradition in fashion. This work is part of his major gift back to Singapore.