P83.39.7

Images (8)

First_Rotation_742 P88.70.3 (suit), P83.39.7 (dress), P90.38.1 (textile wall)

Eco-Fashion_32 Left to right X428 (textile wall), 80.50.2 (orange dress), P83.39.7 (dress)

Exhibitionism_19 Left to right P83.39.7 (dress), 72.61.91 (white dress), 88.157.3 (top and skirt)

Exhibitionism_25 Left to right P83.39.7 (dress), 72.61.91 (white dress), 88.157.3 (top and skirt), 2015.8.1 (red ensemble), 2002.36.1 (red cape), 2008.45.1 (pants ensemble and shoes case), 2005.24.1A (textile hanging), 2013.2.1 (gold and velvet gown), 2010.37.12 (denim dress back), 2005.2.1 (purple gown), 2002.18.1 (black dress), 91.241.128 (gold gown)

Eco-Fashion_30 Left to right 74.42.23 (bag case), 91.120.6 (shoes case), 80.93.7 (bag case), P87.39.1 (textile wall), P88.78.1 (fur coat), 2002.78.1 (coat), X428 (textile wall), 80.50.2 (orange dress), P83.39.7 (dress)

Object: Evening dress

Designer: Vionnet (1876 - 1975)

Date: 1930

Medium: Silk georgette

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P83.39.7

DescriptionLong sleeveless evening dress in ivory bias-cut silk georgette shaped through torso with pintucked design of roses; slit neckline, shirred shoulderline with self tie attached at right; flared circle skirt; matching crepe chemise underdress with camisole neck and scalloped hem; couture, with picot edge and hand stitching

Label Text:Vionnet designed in three dimensions, draping on a miniature mannequin before trying out her designs on a living, moving human being. In this way, she captured the subtle beauty of the female body in motion. This dress features a pintuck design of roses.

In Collection(s)

Exhibitions:

Eco-Fashion: Going Green
Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion
Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1919-1939
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s