Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Evening dress

ca. 1960

Materials

nylon, metallic thread, silk

House / label

Ann Lowe

Collection

ca. 1960

Archive reference

1979.144

Behind the design

A fitted, embellished bodice opens into a full gray skirt. Pale decorative bands continue across the skirt, linking its airy outer layers to the densely ornamented top. The Met records nylon, metallic thread and silk.

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