Dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2020.4.19.10.CW.DR.1947.FR
Author:
House of Worth (French, 1858-1956, 1999-)
Description
Worth Haute Couture dress in black silk crepe decorated with pleats on the front, boned bodice, scalloped neckline scalloped to the shoulder blades on the back, waist highlighted with a cut on a flowing skirt.
 
Material
Silk crepe
Origin
1947 Paris, France

Exhibition History
• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.