Round 900: Tossup 4

This designer used the colors of a Rose Window for the costumes of Roland Petit’s ballet Notre-Dame de Paris. This designer, who used raffia and golden thread for his Mali-inspired Bambara collection, was one of the first to employ Black runway models like Fidelia. This designer drew on Tom Wesselmann for a line that included cocktail dresses with lips and pink heart motifs. This popularizer of safari jackets and peacoats in haute couture was the first living fashion designer to have a solo exhibition at the Met. This designer’s “trapeze line” dress (10[1])was a variation on his mentor’s “A-Line dress.” This man’s partner Pierre Bergé helped him found his namesake house, where he designed dresses based on paintings by Mondrian and the first tuxedo for women. For 10 points, what student of Christian Dior designed the “Le Smoking” suit? ■END■

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