Object: Dress
Brand:
Chanel
(French, founded 1914)
Designer:
Gabrielle Chanel
(1883 - 1971)
Date: c. 1927
Medium: Silk crepe
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Georges Gudefin
Object number: 80.13.2
DescriptionLong sleeve chemise day dress in red silk crepe romaine; bateau neckline, front bib shaped yoke, mock closure at left with self covered fabric buttons, T shaped back shoulder yoke, decorative top stitching in triple row design on bodice at dropped waist and at knee length pleated skirt top to hold down box pleats, picot edge at hem, turned up sleeve cuffs with two decorative self covered buttons; couture
Label Text:The streamlined modernism of this dress emphasizes the freedom and comfort inherent to the Chanel style. Despite its lack of ornamentation, its design employs construction details as subtle forms of embellishment. In 1926, Vogue described a Chanel dress as “a uniform for all woman.” A dandy in her own right, Chanel embodied the “garçon” post-war style.
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Exhibitions:
- Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes
- Norman Norell
- Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1919-1939