Cocktail dress

Published/Created:
1946
Date Depicted:
1993
1940 AD - 1950 AD
Notes:
Printed white crepe cocktail dress with one-sided peplum and cut-outs at the neck. Wartime material short­ages plus government restrictions of textiles contribute to a host of cut­out patterns to add detail to gar­ment design as well as peplum trims from
Topics:
Commercial Design -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Costume -- United States -- History -- (LC)
Culture:
American
Accession Number:
4393-132
Genre:
costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
fashion illustrations (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings
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:
10642292
PID:
digcoll:1805960