Evening dress

Callot Soeurs

ca. 1924 · cotton, metallic thread, glass · Costume Institute

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.

Artist

Callot Soeurs

Date

ca. 1924

Medium

cotton, metallic thread, glass

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Julia B. Henry, 1978