On view now from The #CostumeInstitute Collection, just a walk across Central Park @bardgradcenter’s “Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen” 🧵 This part of the exhibition explores innovation and experimentation in contemporary lace by St. Gallen, Switzerland-based manufacturers. The textile used by Marc Bohan for this Dior dress was produced by Swiss company A. Naef. At the time, textile publication “Textiles Suisses” commented on Bohan’s “delicate use of this precious material exalts its beauty and nobility in many ways.” // Cocktail dress, House of #Dior (French, founded 1947), #MarcBohan (French, born 1926), fall/winter 1971–72; Gift of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1977 (1977.108.7a–c). #TheMet