Description
One Dress brings together an eclectic group of personalities, models and celebrities from different disciplines and backgrounds, all of whom project their personality and individuality through the wearing of the same iconic Gucci dress.
Each woman chose how she wore it: Lucy Liu draped it over her head, Lisa Winkler tried a bit of kick boxing, Julie Strain caught it so fiercely in her teeth it's a tribute to the manufacturer that it survived.
"It's just a very simple, one-shot idea. There's no client, there's no sponsor, there's no big set, it doesn't need crowds of assistants and stylists. I like the idea of going on and on until the dress gets more and more dilapidated and finally falls to bits completely." He added anxiously: "It can be a bit tricky if it's been out in rain or in the sea or that, but we do clean it every time. I think I'll get a little bit more wear out of it yet." Rankin discussing One Dress in 2003.
The project is also a tribute to many of the women that have influenced and inspired Rankin over the years, and participants include Daphne Selfe, Jodie Kidd, Marianne Faithful, Nicole and Natalie Appleton, and Carmen Consoli.