Evening dress
Designer
Charles James
(1906 - 1978)
1940
Red silk crepe
Gift of Doris Duke
Object number71.265.13
Charles James designed several versions of this dress style, popularly referred to as his “Lobster dress.” The tucks on this example radiate outward from a central, spine-like form, suggesting the overlapping plates of the crustacean’s exoskeleton.
DescriptionLa Sirene evening dress in red silk crepe; floor length sheath with long sleeves, shaped and fitted with multiple horizontal released pleats at CF, gathered CB seam and fishtail hemCollections
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