Evening dress
Designer
Louiseboulanger
(1878 - 1950)
1929
Silk georgette and silk velvet ribbon
Gift of Muriel King
Object number71.268.7
Approximately four years before establishing her own label, Muriel King purchased this dress while working in Paris as a fashion illustrator. Louiseboulanger's design elegantly reflects the shifting hemline of the late 1920s: through an adept use of asymmetry, the sharply delineated tiers cascade to the floor in anticipation of the coming decade's longer silhouette. King obviously admired Louiseboulanger's innovative use of proportion and print, as her wardrobe contained several pieces by this couturière.
DescriptionEvening dress in sheer georgette, printed in pink and grey apple blossom pattern on black ground; coutureCollections
Exhibitions