87.70.2

Images (5)

A 1930s dressing gown (left, 2011.25.1) and a 1935 suit by Schiaparelli (87.70.2) in the Opening Statements section of the exhibition.

From left to right: Green dress, c.1830 (P88.28.1); sleeve puffs, c.1829 (2023.28.1); red dress, c.1895 (2019.83.1); red robe, c.1935 (2011.25.1); suit by Schiaparelli, 1935 (87.70.2); dress by Carolina Herrera, fall 1981 (88.105.13); dress by Madame Grès, c.1980 (82.234.3); dress by LaQuan Smith, spring 2022 (2023.34.1)

Eco-Fashion_36 Left to right P88.62.1 (textile wall), 71.223.1 (grey suit), 87.70.2 (suit)

Object: Evening suit

Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973)

Date: Winter 1935-1936

Medium: Black wool, red synthetic yarn, jet beads, and glass beads

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Theodora Pierce

Object number: 87.70.2

DescriptionEvening suit in black wool woven with horizontal stripes of red synthetic yarns and strings of jet beads; jacket with band collar and long raglan sleeves cut in one with back shoulder yoke, single red jeweled CF button; straight skirt with red plastic side zipper

Label Text:The woven cloth has weft elements of red, manmade yarns that may be cellophane, a material with which Schiaparelli had experimented in previous collections. In her “Twelve Commandments for Women,” Schiaparelli offers advice on how women can develop non-wasteful patterns of consumption: “They should buy little, and only of the best or the cheapest.”

In Collection(s)

1930s

Exhibitions:

Eco-Fashion: Going Green
Statement Sleeves