Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Hardy Amies
(1909 - 2003)
Date: c. 1948
Medium: Silk shantung and boning
Country: England
Credit Line: Gift of Dolores Gray
Object number: 2000.88.1
DescriptionOne shoulder asymmetrical evening sheath in three shades of silk shantung, rose beige, taupe, and light purple; boned bodice ruched crosswise at front, crisscrossed at back; long asymmetrically draped skirt with back twist forming bustle and swag; large silk roses scattered on back
Label Text:The silhouette of this dress by British couturier Hardy Amies recalls the bustled dresses of the Belle Époque, underscoring the romanticism of postwar fashion. Amies experimented widely with color and texture to create overtly feminine gowns. In 1954, he said, “I will economize in no way when it comes to the material or labor that is put into a dress.”
Exhibitions:
- Fabulous! Fashions of the 1940s
- Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes
- Form Follows Fashion