Evening dress

Unknown

ca. 1918 · silk · Costume Institute

The narrow line of this evening dress is relieved by the graceful drapery of the skirt. It was featured in the 1972 Brooklyn Museum exhibit, "Changing Fashions, 1800-1970," where it was suggested that that design could be seen as a confluence of the hobble skirt silhouette and Greek chiton. The dress, with its transitional shape, is a rare example of the period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1918

Medium

silk

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 Mrs. Howard C. Brokaw, 1960