Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Molyneux
(1891 - 1974)
Date: 1926-1927
Medium: Chiffon, sequins, and satin lined organza
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Phyllis Hulburd
Object number: 74.25.1
DescriptionSleeveless blue chiffon and sequin dress; deep V neckline; in front, bateau in back; dress is worked with blue sequins in stripes; rows of sequins worked on picot edge strip of chiffon hang from neck to hip in fringe effect; solid chiffon loose hip yoke has one row of sequins on either side worked horizontally two tiers of sequin fringe hang to hem from under hip yoke. Blue satin lined organza camisole slip with straps of beige net
Label Text:Sequins and fringe were ubiquitous forms of embellishment on eveningwear in the 1920s. Molyneux combined the two, creating a dress of unexpected simplicity and elegance. His approach to design is refined in its use of a single color and modern in the way the dress reflects light when the wearer moves. The long strands of sequins fall freely to the hipline, alluding to the dropped waist of the fashionable silhouette.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)
- Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation