1. Evening dress,
Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)
Date: 1946
Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1954.
2. Dress
Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
Date: ca. 1936
Culture: Italian
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Dana Wells, 1969.
3. Evening ensemble
House of Schiaparelli (French, 1928–1954)
Designer: Hubert de Givenchy (French, born Beauvais, 1927)
Date: ca. 1952
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Daisy Eric, 1973.
4. Jacket
Pierre Cardin (French, born 1922)
Date: ca. 1992
Line: Gift of Mrs. Calvert Bodman, 2007.
5. Dress
Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer: Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born 1942)
Date: 1985
Credit Line: Gift of Susan K. Manno, 2005
6. Dress
Date: ca. 1923
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Dail Wolkowitz, 1982.
1. Dress,
Traina-Norell (American, founded 1941)
Designer: Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York City)
Date: 1950s
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Sidney Bernard in the name of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Cole, 1972
2. Evening dress,
George Peter Stavropoulos (American, born Greece, 1920–1990)
Date: 1960s
Credit Line: Gift of Sheila M. Wool,
1974
3. Evening dress,
Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1962)
Designer: Yves Saint Laurent (French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris)
Date: 1969–70
Credit Line: Gift of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, 1983
4. Ensemble
Pierre Cardin (French, born 1922)
Date: 1973
Credit Line: Gift of Pierre Cardin, 1977
5. Evening dress,
House of Dior (French, founded 1947)
Designer: Marc Bohan (French, born 1926)
Date: fall/winter 1979–80
Credit Line: Gift of Mireille Levy Lausanne, 1994
1. Dress
James Galanos (American, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1924)
Date: spring/summer 1963
Line: Gift of James Galanos, 1970
2. Overdress
Date: 1800–1939
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Lee Simonson, 1939
3. Rose
Harry Gordon (American)
Manufacturer: Poster Dress, Ltd. (British
) Date: 1968
Credit Line: Purchase, Gould Family Foundation Gift, in memory of Jo Copeland, 2009
4. Jacket
Azzedine Alaïa (French, born Tunisia, 1940)
Date: 1984
Credit Line: Gift of Wendy Newman, 1999
5. Afternoon dress
Madame Grès (Alix Barton)
Date: 1937–39
Credit Line: Gift of Z. E. Marguerite Pick, 1978
1. Coat
House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Designer: Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish, 1895–1972)
Date: ca.1965
Credit Line: Gift of Countess Edward Bismarck, 1981
2. Dressing gown
Date: early 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of the family of Thomas Coutts, 1908
3. Drape Danube
Thierry Mugler (French, born 1948)
Date: 1980–88
Credit Line: Gift of Martine Trittoléno, 1989
4. Evening dress
Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
Date: 1931
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Emily Chase, 1948
5. Dress
House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)
Designer: Hubert de Givenchy (French, born Beauvais, 1927)
Date: early 1960s
Credit Line: Gift of Kimberly Knitwear, Inc., 1974
1. Evening dress
Zandra Rhodes (British, born 1940)
Date: ca. 1966
Credit Line: Gift of Rosamond Bernier, 1994
2. Evening dress
House of Balmain (French, founded 1945)
Designer: Pierre Balmain (French, St. Jean de Maurienne 1914–1982 Paris)
Date: 1953
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Sinclair Tailer, 1964
3. Dressing jacket
Date: 1930–39
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Albert Ogden in memory of Sheldon Stewart, 1964
4. Dress
Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958)
Date: 1953–57
Credit Line: Gift of The Estate of Phyllis Riehl Williams, 1996
5. Bustier
Thierry Mugler (French, born 1948)
Date: 1992
Credit Line: Purchase, Richard Martin Bequest, 2001
1. Slip Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)
Date: 1927
Credit Line: Isabel Shults Fund, 1993
2. Evening dress
Madame Grès (Alix Barton) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)
Date: 1973–75
Credit Line: Bequest of Barbara C. Paley, 1978
3. Evening dress
Bergdorf Goodman (American, founded 1899)
Date: 1950–55
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. James W. Fosburgh, 1977
4. Evening coat
House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Designer: Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish, 1895–1972)
Date: ca. 1965
Credit Line: Gift of The Family of Mrs. M. Lincoln Schuster, 1977
5. Dress
Jean Paul Gaultier (French, born 1952)
Date: 1986
Credit Line: Purchase, Gould Family Foundation Gift, in memory of Jo Copeland, 2009
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