Object: Evening gown
Designer:
Elsa Schiaparelli
(1890 - 1973)
Date: c. 1955
Medium: Red silk faille and pink silk
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Rodman A. Heeren
Object number: 70.57.58
DescriptionRuby red silk faille evening dress with cuffed strapless bodice, long slim draped skirt with wide circular cascade, lined in pink silk, wide circular panel caught on right hip
Label Text:Schiaparelli utilized faille’s ability to drape in deep folds and fall dramatically around the body. Faille is a medium-weight, ribbed textile in the same weave family as taffeta, a lighter weight ribbed fabric, and ottoman, a heavier version. These three textiles demonstrate that varying the scales of yarn in the same weave changes how fabric drapes on the body.
Exhibitions:
- Glamour: Fashion, Film, Fantasy
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997
- Fabric In Fashion