Evening dress
Pauline Trigère · 1953
Pauline Trigère
- Eveningwear
- Decorative textiles
Pauline Trigère was a French-born American designer. The Met's 1953 and 1963 dresses in this selection show a clear silhouette carrying different forms of ornament: gathered folds and a dark wool-and-glass surface in the earlier example, silk and rhinestones in the later one.
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Collection selection
Evening dress
1953
Trigère's 1953 evening dress combines a close, sleeveless shape with folds radiating downward from the neck. Its dark, textured surface rewards comparison with her later silk-and-rhinestone dress. The Met records wool and glass, documenting an evening garment whose material character differs from familiar silk couture gowns.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Pauline Trigère, 1993
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Dress
1963
Trigère's 1963 dress places a dense pattern of sparkling elements over a spare, dark sleeveless body. The scooped neckline leaves the surface decoration uninterrupted across most of the torso. The museum records silk and rhinestones, offering a material contrast with her wool-and-glass evening dress from a decade earlier.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Pauline Trigère, 1993
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Evening coat
1967 · The Met collection
Wool, metal.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Coat
1973 · The Met collection
Cotton, synthetic leather.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Dress
1943 · The Met collection
Wool.
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtArchive pieces, grouped by date
2 pieces1953
1 piece · Season not recorded
1963
1 piece · Season not recorded
Dress
Pauline Trigère · 1963
About Pauline Trigère
Comparing them draws attention to material choice without assuming that evening elegance required one standard fabric.