Dress

Goupy

1926 · silk, metal · Costume Institute

Found in this dress is a fairly rare label from an excellent French couture house of the1920s. Making this dress more unique is the fact that it is a day dress, which is not as common to find in costume collections as evening wear, especially from this period. The open collar with V-neck is a classic sportif look from the 1920s and the geometric patterning lends an artistic quality.

Artist

Goupy

Date

1926

Medium

silk, metal

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 the estate of Mrs. James S. Croll, 1952