Evening dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2021.9.10.3.CW.DR.C1953.USAuthor:
Rizik‘s Bros. (American, founded 1908)Description
Evening gown of New Look silhouette, made of black tulle entirely embellished with small round rhinestones and stars forming a dotted pattern. The heart shaped bodice is sleeveless, and decorated on the decollete with sequin embroidery forming white moon crescents on the top rising from graduated ivory and golden waves. Closes at the back with a zipper.The same dress was once worn by Billie HOLIDAY (born Eleanora FAGAN; 1915 – 1959), an American jazz and swing music singer.
From the wardrobe of Nelli TIMOSHENKO, daughter of Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily CHUIKOV.
Materials
TulleSequins
Rhinestones
Origin
circa 1953 Washington, United StatesRelated person
Rizik‘s Bros. (American, founded 1908) (creator)Exhibitions History
• 2013.05.16–2013.10.08. ‘Fashion in the Mirror of History: XIX–XX. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation and Museum Association ‘Moscow City Museum’collections.’ Museum of Moscow, Russia.• 2013.11.12–2014.08.10. ‘From War to Peace. The Fashion of the 1940s and 1950s. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania. Catalogue.
• 2021.09.17–2021.11.14. ‘To Play To The Gallery. Fashion And Portrait.’ Together with Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland. Museum of Art and History, Palatine’s room, Geneva, Switzerland.