Evening dress
In the 1920s, a silhouette at variance to any other period emerged. The chemise dress, nearly planar in construction, suggested that the body was flat in front, flat in back, and with no discernible articulation of chest, waist, or hips. Unlike the chemise gowns of the Directoire and Empire periods or the Directoire revival of the 1910s, the 1920s chemise admitted no contours for the stylish body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening dress
- Design House: Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)
- Date: ca. 1924
- Culture: French
- Medium: cotton, metallic thread, glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Julia B. Henry, 1978
- Object Number: 1978.288.10
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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