Artwork Details
A) dress: center back 55-1/4 in. B) slip: C) sash: 186 in.
Accession NumberGift of Vivian Mook Baer from the collection and in memory of her mother Sylvia Terner Mook
CopyrightSylvia Terner Mook; Vivian Mook Baer, New York, New York; through (Stan Weaver, New York, New York); given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1986.
By 1947, with the end of wartime shortages in Europe, French couturiers such as Dior and Balenciaga introduced elegant feminine collections that incorporated yards of fabric. Soft, rounded shoulders replaced masculine- style padded ones, and dresses with long, full skirts and cinched-in waists became all the rage.
The skirt of this utterly feminine summer evening dress uses fourteen feet of fabric. The fine cotton organdy is decorated with cotton cording, which is sewn down by hand in a meandering floral motif. The oversized obi-like sash further accentuates the splendor of this dress.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
An American Legacy: Norell, Blass, Halston & Sprouse
Indianapolis Museum of Art
May 4, 2012 - January 27, 2013
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