Dress
Designer
Anne Fogarty
(1919 - 1980)
Retailer
Lord & Taylor
(American, founded 1826)
c. 1954
Silk satin and taffeta
Gift of Berta Katz
Object number92.59.1
Fashion designer Anne Fogarty wrote "Wife Dressing" in 1959, a guide to dressing that reinforced gender stereotypes for women.
DescriptionCocktail dress in emerald green taffeta back silk satin with contrast red net crinoline; V-neck long torso bodice with cap sleeves, full flared skirt gathered into zigzag seam at drop waistExhibitions