Object: Afternoon dress
Date: c. 1892
Medium: Silk faille, damask, and feathers
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Peggy Westerfield
Object number: 69.195.9
Descriptionblack and green silk dress of silk faille, damask and marabou feathers
Label Text:In the 19th century, women of modest means, such as governesses and shop clerks, tended to wear practical, respectable black dresses. Yet fashion journalists agreed that there was nothing as elegant and flattering as a black dress. Young, unmarried women were discouraged from wearing black, however, unless they were in mourning.
Exhibitions:
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
- Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors