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Navy blue floor length evening dress with thin straps, fitted bodice and asymmetrical fold at h…
evening dress
Navy blue floor length evening dress with thin straps, fitted bodice and asymmetrical fold at h…
Evening dress
Designer (1906 - 1978)
Brand
c. 1952
Silk
USA
Museum purchase
Object numberP90.63.1
Charles James received no formal training as a designer, instead developing his idiosyncratic techniques for handling fabric from his millinery experience. James draped this evening gown’s curvaceously shaped skirt in the round. It has two zippers—one at the side of the bodice and a second that follows a curving seam along the back of the skirt.
DescriptionNavy blue silk satin evening dress; strapless boned bodice diagonally seamed and draped; asymmetrical fold at hip over long tapered skirt draped at LF waist; fishtail hem effect; curved, diagonal RB zipper
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