Dress

Lucile

1916–17 · silk, cotton · Costume Institute

Although she had an old-fashioned sensibility for the feminine that defined waists in belts and cummerbunds in otherwise cylindrical silhouettes, Lucile was modern in her use of tissue-thin layerings and veilings. A modern-day Salome has to be envisioned in these dresses. If lingerie dressing was and has always been a modern impulse, Lucile managed to create its most conservative and proper version.

Artist

Lucile

Date

1916–17

Medium

silk, cotton

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Julia B. Henry, 1978