Dress
Designer
Grès
(French)
1949-1952
Wool jersey
Gift of Mrs. Molly Milbank
Object number91.253.2
Not all of Madame Grès's post-war fluted garments relied on the Cadolle corset, a fact readily evident in the construction of this day dress. Short-sleeved, with a small, pointed collar, the dress has a fitted bodice that sits above a full, calf-length skirt that is especially voluminous at the sides, where the couturier has gathered and fluted the fabric into small horizontal bundles that sit on the hips.
DescriptionCamel wool jersey dress with fitted, long torso bodice, short kimono sleeves, stylized wing collar and side pleats forming hip roll panniers; matching contour beltExhibitions