71.265.13

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Exhibitionism_40 Left to right 2007.23.2 (beaded dress), 2007.2.1 (black ensemble), 99.80.1 (velvet dress), 2008.5.1 (hat case), 2018.3.2 (earrings case), 2008.55.1 (gown with red), 2010.37.12 (denim dress), 2009.62.1 (dress), 2010.57.1 (black ensemble), 2009.75.1 (coat enemble hidden), 2009.61.1 (pink jacket ensemble), 2008.57.1 (black ensemble with hat), 72.61.91 (white dress), 88.157.3 (top and skirt), 71.265.13 (red dress), 87.16.1 (shoes case), P86.52.1 (bag case), 86.10.1 (paper dress), P85.29.1 (suit)

Exhibitionism_18 Left to right 71.265.13 (red dress), 87.16.1 (shoes case), P86.52.1 (bag case), 86.10.1 (dress), P85.29.1 (suit)

Nature_24 Left to right 71.265.13 (dress), 83.130.10 (dress), 2011.13.1 (silver dress)

Object: Evening dress

Designer: Charles James (1906 - 1978)

Date: 1940

Medium: Red silk crepe

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Doris Duke

Object number: 71.265.13

DescriptionLa Sirene evening dress in red silk crepe; floor length sheath with long sleeves, shaped and fitted with multiple horizontal released pleats at CF, gathered CB seam and fishtail hem

Label Text:Charles James designed several versions of this dress style, popularly referred to as his “Lobster dress.” The tucks on this example radiate outward from a central, spine-like form, suggesting the overlapping plates of the crustacean’s exoskeleton.

In Collection(s)

1940s

Exhibitions:

A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s
RED
Force of Nature
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT

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