Object: Evening set
Designer:
Elsa Schiaparelli
(1890 - 1973)
Date: c. 1952
Medium: Pink and white striped silk and black crepe
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Alexandra Danilova
Object number: 75.196.1
DescriptionPink and white silk stripe and black rayon shantung evening dress; boned strapless bodice of mitered tucked stripes has point at center front concaving to point over side bust; black tapered skirt is gathered at center back seam and caught with lamp shade folds in front; slit at center back hem; bodice backed with white taffeta skirt lined with cotton broad cloth. 7.5 cm. bias tucked cummerbund mitered at center front to match bodice and hook closed at back. 184 cm. x 58 cm. Striped stole with 20 cm. gathered ruffle at either end.
Exhibitions:
- Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse