79.118.1

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Designing Women_35 Designers, Left to Right: Carolyne Roehm (91.36.1); Anouska Hempel (2014.63.7); Pauline Trigère (79.118.1); Mary Quant (2012.27.1); Mila Schön (78.208.1)

Designing Women_33 Designers Left to Right: Sybil Connolly (78.73.2, 89.32.7); Alix Grès (P90.20.1); Ann Lowe (2009.70.1); Carolyne Roehm (91.36.1); Anouska Hempel (2014.63.7); Pauline Trigère (79.118.1); Mary Quant (2012.27.1); Mila Schön (78.208.1); Irene Galitzine (78.46.1); Elsa Peretti (82.237.26, 93.60.9)

Object: Evening set

Designer: Pauline Trigère (1908 - 2002)

Date: c. 1968

Medium: Silk satin

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Mimi S. Livingston

Object number: 79.118.1

DescriptionGown; emerald green slipper satin double faced with red / orange; round decollete neckline front, opened square neckline; skirt slightly A-line matching capelet with round neck, sleeveless; flared back to below wiastline and matching capelet

Label Text:Franco-American designer Pauline Trigère was a brilliant technician with exquisite taste. The daughter of a tailor and a dressmaker, she elevated the quality of American ready-to-wear during her long career.

Exhibitions:

Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors