Dress
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1931
- Description
Dress of dark purple blue silk net and crochet. Completely covered with tiny iridescent paillettes, which are sewn onto the yarn strands. V-shaped neckline with fold-over collar, which trails down the back of the dress. Can be tied like a scarf. Proper left side zipper. Flared, ankle-length skirt. Belt (b) of matching crocheted fabric with paillettes, to be worn at natural waist.
- Creator
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Evening dress (concept)
Dresses (garments)
Evening dresses (garments) - Location
- Paris (France)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Chest: (38 in)Waist: (28 in)Hip: (36 in)Length: (57 in)Length: (49 in)Other: (144 in)Silk (fiber)Crochet (needlework)Net (textile)Paillette
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer). Dress. 1931. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1542. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer), (1931) Dress. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1542
- MLA citation style
- Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1542>.