Dinner dress

Muriel King|Bianchini-Férier

1937–38 · silk · Costume Institute

For the soignée Muriel King, a dinner dress could take on the effect of separates, even emulating a nineteenth-century military spencer at the high-waisted curve of the waistline. The lower portion of the dress with its striped fabric appears to be a separate underdress, reflecting the casual ethos of sportswear like so many other fresh stripes of the 1930s and 1940s.

Artist

Muriel King|Bianchini-Férier

Date

1937–38

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Fashion Institute of Technology, 1974