Evening dress
Designer
Jacques Fath
(1912 - 1954)
Brand
Jacques Fath
(French, founded 1937)
1948
Green silk taffeta, black velvet, and silk tulle
Gift of Margery E. Wood
Object number2007.38.1
Jacques Fath was a giant of postwar Parisian fashion. His work celebrated glamour, youth, and femininity. Strategic details, such as peplums, emphasized the curvaceous figure prominent during the 1950s. A few years prior to his untimely death in 1954, Life magazine described the charismatic Fath as “a sort of dauphin, or heir apparent, to Dior’s throne as ruler of fashion.”
DescriptionEvening gown in iridescent green/pink silk taffeta, bodice woven with black velvet pinstripes, full skirt and mock peplum at front with black silk tulle overlay, black silk passementerie trim at neckline, cuffs, peplum and hem and large black velvet bow at CF waist: deep V-neckline; 3/4 length all in one sleeve; apron-like mock peplum attached at CF waist; floor lengthCollections
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