Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Evening dress

1967

Materials

silk, feathers

House / label

Donald Brooks

Collection

1967

Archive reference

C.I.68.11.1

Behind the design

Feathers create a deep, textured surface across this sleeveless evening dress. A dark belt interrupts the texture at the waist, separating the fitted upper body from the long skirt. The Met records silk and feathers.

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