Object: Evening gown
Designer:
Charles James
(1906 - 1978)
Date: 1954
Medium: Satin
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Wells In Memory of Lisa Kirk
Object number: 91.241.129
DescriptionDeep green satin strapless evening dress with asymmetrical spiral skirt construction; sheath with boned bodice, closely fitted over hips; heavily underlined floor length flared lower panel, stitched along spiral seam from front hip to back calf, with deep LF fold and circular flare below knee
Label Text:This green evening gown contains stiff buckram facing and boning throughout the bodice and down the length of the skirt. Charles James included extreme understructures in his eveningwear to ensure that the curvature and fullness of his designs would not be distorted. For him, the dress was a “cocoon in which the body is enclosed.”
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Exhibitions:
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
- The Body: Fashion and Physique
- Seventh Avenue: Fashion Walk of Fame
- American Beauty
- Form Follows Fashion