"The Thong" — Accession 1985.374.8

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Method

Methodology

Object

"The Thong"

Accession number

1985.374.8

Date

1974

Makers

• Rudi Gernreich

Medium

Nylon

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Rudi Gernreich Revocable Trust, 1985

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

daywear

Era

Seventies

Season

—

Material family

• synthetic