Evening dress
Callot Soeurs · 1925–26
Callot Soeurs
- Marie Callot Gerber · 1857–1927
- Marthe Callot Bertrand · 1859–1920
- Regina Callot Tennyson-Chantrell · 1861–1945
- Joséphine Callot Crimont · 1866–1897
- Embellished couture
- Luxury textiles
- Silk pajamas
The Callot sisters opened their Paris couture house in 1895. Marie Gerber led the business during much of the 1920s, before her sons took over.
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Evening dress
1925–26
A sleeveless silk evening dress places an all-over decorative pattern on a straight silhouette.
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Evening dress
ca. 1922 · V&A collection
Printed silk voile embroidered with sequins and glass bugle beads, and trimmed with lace.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Evening dress
1922-25 · V&A collection
silk satin.
©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Callot Soeurs
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Dress
1909 · V&A collection
Machine knitted.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Afternoon dress
1922 · V&A collection
Pleated silk chiffon, lace worked in gold thread, satin, ribbon.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonArchive pieces, grouped by date
1 piece1925–26
1 piece · Season not recorded
About Callot Soeurs
Its surviving dresses combine richly worked surfaces and luxurious fabrics with the period’s changing silhouette, while its silk pajamas show the movement of informal dress into fashionable social life.