Object: Evening dress
Date: c. 1954
Medium: Silk taffeta
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Virginia Pope
Object number: 75.149.1
DescriptionPink silk taffeta evening dress trimmed with deep pink taffeta
Label Text:The dominant discourse on pink in the postwar decades emphasized its connection with an essentialist idea of femininity, where biology was destiny. In her important book, "As Long As It’s Pink: The Sexual Politics of Taste", Penny Sparke describes how and why pink became so popular after World War II, when it represented “the emphasis on distinctive gendering that underpinned 1950s society.”
Exhibitions:
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color