Mimi Smith
b. 1942 Brookline, Massachusetts

Maternity Dress 1966
Plastic, vinyl, zipper, screws
45 x 20 x 9 inches

Smith, an early member of the feminist art movement, provides for the pregnant woman, revealing what everyone really wants to see and what at that time, had been carefully covered by empire waistlines and tent dresses. This curvaceous garment forecasted today’s form-fitting maternity fashions.