Evening dress
Louise Boulanger · 1928
Marie-Louise Boulanger
- Textural couture
- Feathered eveningwear
Louise Boulanger is credited by The Met as Marie-Louise Boulanger, designer for Louiseboulanger. Her 1928 evening dress brings a smooth silk torso together with a long fringe of feathers.
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Collection selection
Evening dress
1928
A long fringe of feathers changes the outline of this 1928 evening dress below the hips, contrasting with its smooth, pale upper body. The museum credits Marie-Louise Boulanger for Louiseboulanger and records silk and feathers. The photograph shows how surface movement could animate the decade's relatively straight silhouette.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Mrs. Wolcott Blair, 1973
Collection selection
Evening dress
1934-1936 · V&A collection
Brocaded silk, metal and chiffon.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Collection selection
Evening coat
ca. 1917 · The Met collection
Silk.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection selection
Ensemble
ca. 1933 · The Met collection
Silk.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Garment detail
Robe de petit soir (detail)
1925–35
This museum detail shows the cream silk crêpe and black velvet bands of a dress dated 1925–35.
Paris Musées / Palais Galliera, 1964.20.29Archive pieces, grouped by date
1 piece1928
1 piece · Season not recorded
About Marie-Louise Boulanger
The contrast offers a focused view of how interwar couture could depend on movement and texture as much as silhouette. LACMA also records her work under the name Louise Boulanger.