Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Lucile
(1863 - 1935)
Date: c. 1914
Medium: Pink and green brocaded shot silk, pink net, chiffon, lace, pink passementerie, and metallic fringe
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P93.15.1
DescriptionAnkle length evening dress in peach pink and green shot silk with brocaded floral design; peach pink net top, chiffon and lace underskirt trimmed with rose passementerie, draped back pouf; attached lace fichu with rose pink passementerie and metallic fringe trim, coordinated to dress underskirt.
Label Text:Lady Duff-Gordon (known professionally as Lucile) had couture houses in London, New York, Paris, and Chicago, and dressed prominent “It” girls such as Isadora Duncan and Elsie de Wolfe. Similar to the couture designs of Boué Soeurs in the 1910s, Lucile incorporated theatrical dress design materials, such as the use of filigree and trim that were engineered to catch the floodlights and project the performer.
Exhibitions:
- Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
- Designing the It Girl: Lucile and Her Style
- Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion