Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Ann Lowe
(American, 1898 - 1981)
Date: c. 1955
Medium: Silk velvet
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor Cates
Object number: 77.60.1
DescriptionLong strapless evening dress in dark purple velvet; stylized sweetheart neck with collar tabs; boned bodice, multiple full length gores forming front of fitted bodice and full skirt; flared back skirt
Label Text:This dress illustrates Lowe’s mastery of fine dressmaking, incorporating an intricate understructure to shape the hourglass silhouette. Ebony magazine noted in 1966, “She is famous for her expensive hand-sewn formal gowns, each so superbly constructed and fitted with built-in bras that the wearer just steps into one and is ready to go.”
Exhibitions:
- Black Fashion Designers