Crêpe dress
- Published/Created:
- 1931
- Date Depicted:
- 1993
1900 AD - 1949 AD - Notes:
- This bias-draped striped silk crepe dress is brilliantly photographed. It exploits the use of fabric draped on the diagonal grain (bias) over the female body. Accenting every curve and bone is a common feature of the 1930s.
- Associated Names:
- Hoyningen-Huene, George, 1900-1968 [Photographer]
Lelong, Lucien, 1889-1958 [Designer] - Topics:
- Costume -- United States -- History -- (LC)
Photography -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC) - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 4393-094
- 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:
- 10642254
- PID:
- digcoll:1796616