Cocktail dress
People and Brands:
Medium: Grey silk taffeta, raffia and net
Date: c.1957
Country: Italy
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Barbara Halpern
The Fontana Sisters were renowned for extraordinary fabrics and unique, lavish embellishments, as seen in this raffia-embroidered taffeta dress. In 1958, journalist Gloria Emerson characterized Fontana couture evening gowns as “sumptuous, feminine, and fragile looking.”
Object Number: 92.213.2
