Dress
Designer
Hattie Carnegie
(1889 - 1956)
Brand
Hattie Carnegie
c. 1950
Silk taffeta
Museum purchase
Object numberP92.45.3
Hattie Carnegie was a savvy businesswoman, and her ability to adapt European style to the sensibilities of American consumers made her an established tastemaker associated with sophistication and propriety. This dress features the rounded bust, hips, and full skirt of the ultra-feminine postwar “new look,” which was described by Harper’s Bazaar as “the essence of femininity.”
DescriptionEvening dress in green changeable silk taffeta; fitted bodice with short shirred sleeves, and wide peasant neckline; waist yoke with full skirt; matching crinoline with ruffled hemExhibitions