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)
Orbis Barcode:
39002051938448
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
New York, NY: Fashion Institute of Technology
OID:
10642254
PID:
digcoll:1796616