{"product_id":"givenchy-haute-couture-beaded-black-dress-fw99-by-mcqueen","title":"Alexander McQueen for Givenchy Haute Couture Beaded Dress Fall\/Winter 1998 \"Blade Runner\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sheath dress from Alexander McQueen's Fall\/Winter 1998 Givenchy Haute Couture collection — presented at a moment when McQueen's tenure at the house had reached its most fully realized expression. The collection, staged on an illuminated checkerboard runway and developed around a dystopian, cinematic vision, remains among the most documented presentations in late-20th-century couture history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery inch of the bodice and skirt is hand-beaded in dense jet-black bugle beads shot through with an iridescent blue-purple sheen. Cream silk banding at the bust and hip provides a sharp architectural counterpoint — a deliberate break in the surface that emphasizes the garment's structural precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weight of the beading speaks directly to the atelier hours required: garment-by-garment hand-work of the kind that defines the haute couture standard. McQueen directed Givenchy Haute Couture from 1996 to 2001, bringing to the house a tension between its founding codes of restraint and his own instinct for the extreme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned Givenchy Couture, Paris. Made in France. French couture size 38. Accompanied by original Givenchy garment bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LE SUIT ARCHIVE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48172266815678,"sku":null,"price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/4869\/4974\/files\/IMG-7011.jpg?v=1784325300","url":"https:\/\/www.lesuitarchive.com\/products\/givenchy-haute-couture-beaded-black-dress-fw99-by-mcqueen","provider":"LE SUIT ARCHIVE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}