Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Adrian
(1903 - 1959)
Retailer:
Gunther Jaeckel
(American, founded 1949)
Date: c. 1947
Medium: Silk gauze, taffeta, and tulle
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Renfield
Object number: 2003.100.2
DescriptionLong evening dress in silk gauze printed in shades of medium to pale purple with wide horizontal stripes, draped with swag of lavender tulle, and with large bouquet of silk flowers on lower right skirt; boned, asymmetrically draped strapless bodice with cap raglan sleeves stitched to underarm gusset; full skirt over layers of taffeta and gauze; CB zipper
Exhibitions:
- Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse