Dress

Design House Gucci Italian
Designer Tom Ford American

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Current notions of classical dress are based on the original variations and manipulations of antique models, the twentieth-century adaptation of ancient methods to modern forms, and, in this example, the mythic iconography that accrued to the original styles over time by artistic convention. The body-exposing drape of Tom Ford's gown is easily associated with Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.

Dress, Gucci (Italian, founded 1921), silk, Italian

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