Evening Gowns
- Creator:
- James, Charles, 1906-1978
- Published/Created:
- 1948
- Date Depicted:
- 1993
1940 AD - 1950 AD - Notes:
- Silk evening gowns by Charles James extending over a ten-year period. Originally a milliner, James is considered one of the most original fashion talents of the era. His work re-creates the female silhouette by building and boning the shape from undernea
- Associated Names:
- Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, 1904-1980 [Designer]
- Topics:
- Costume -- United States -- History -- (LC)
Photography -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC) - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 4393-143
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion): dresses (AAT)
photographs (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 6
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1993 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 6 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- New York, NY: Fashion Institute of Technology
- OID:
- 10642303
- PID:
- digcoll:1796553