74.110.1

Images (5)

Designing Women_19 Designers Left to Right: Muriel King (71.268.36), Valentina Schlee (96.69.28), Lily Daché (74.110.1, 95.103.28); Pauline Potter Fairfax for Hattie Carnegie (95.106.1), Mollie Parnis (80.312.10); original image by Bil Donovan of Mollie Parnis Livingston’s apartment by Billy Baldwin

Designing Women_20 Lily Daché Day Suit, New York, 1948 (74.110.1); Turban (with dress by Phil MacDonald) New York, circa 1944 (95.103.28)

Fabric_21 Left to right 74.110.1 (suit), 78.208.1 (coat), 87.3.1 (red coat), 2018.10.1 (ensemble)

Fabric_13 Left to right P82.1.3 (cape), 70.15.42 (jacket), 84.170.8 (coat), 2001.89.1 (shawl), 95.67.1 (bag in case), 74.110.1 (suit), 78.208.1 (coat), 87.3.1 (red coat), 2018.10.1 (ensemble)

Object: Suit

Designer: Lilly Daché (1893 - 1989)

Date: 1948

Medium: Wool gabardine

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Francis Hodges

Object number: 74.110.1

DescriptionGrey / black horizontal stripe wool jacket and matching ankle length skirt

Label Text:By the 20th century, wool suits were indispensable, practical elements of fashionable daywear for women. Wool’s malleability makes it a perfect material to form this ultra-feminine New Look silhouette. Lilly Daché’s gray wool suit, echoed by its ubiquitous menswear counterpart, embodied conservative, mid-century American fashion.

In Collection(s)

1940s

Exhibitions:

Fabric In Fashion
Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors
Lilly Dache: Glamour at the Drop of a Hat