Evening dress
1928
Materials
(a) silk, feathers; (b) silk
House / label
Louiseboulanger
Collection
1928
Archive reference
1973.6a, b
Behind the design
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.
