70.57.36

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Denim_04 Left to right P92.25.3 (top and shorts), P91.55.4 (man's shirt), 85.174.2 (coordinates two sets), 85.62.2 (man's jeans), 74.44.17 (ladies jeans), 70.57.36 (denim blouse), 86.154.1 (skirt), 72.54.1 (dress and pot holder), 2007.63.7 (jumpsuit)

Object: Top

Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973)

Date: c. 1947

Medium: Cotton denim and pearl

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Rodman A. Heeren

Object number: 70.57.36

DescriptionBlue denim blouse with narrow round collar, kimono sleeves, tinted pearl buttons

Label Text:For this blouse, Elsa Schiaparelli used a textile reminiscent of chambray, and adorned it with tinted, pearl buttons. Pearl-essence buttons were, by this time, a distinctive feature of rodeo shirts that companies like Levi’s® produced to outfit dude ranch vacationers. By combining elements of “blue collar” and rodeo shirts, Schiaparelli made a couture homage to Americana.

Exhibitions:

Denim: Fashion’s Frontier