Evening dress

Lucien Lelong

1927–29 · silk · Costume Institute

This evening dress features an inventive minimalist cut. The ingenious skirt is formed using draped rectangular panels. The sleeves are cut in the tradtional manner of unstructured clothing but include fine detailed faggoting. These features and the overall hand finishing are hallmarks of French couture. The work evokes Madeleine Vionnet's early creations. Lelong gowns are rare and an early 1920s gown is a particularly important piece.

Artist

Lucien Lelong

Date

1927–29

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. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967