Evening dress

Unknown

ca. 1925 · cotton · Costume Institute

This evening dress, in the style of the 1920s, has outstanding visual appeal. During this period, the waistline dropped and the hemline rose, indicating a more modern woman. While liberated, she was still feminine and this dress is the perfect expression of that, exemplified with the fine floral beading. The wreaths of pink flowers and swags of greenery are a rather dainty design, exquisitely executed, and bring about an innocent beauty to the dress.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1925

Medium

cotton

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Howard B. and Mary Bavetta Hanning, 1976