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Summer dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.6.3.17.CW.DR.C1960.US
Authors:
Gloria SWANSON (American, Chicago 1899–1983 New York)
Puritan Dress Company (American, 1909-1977)
Description
White and yellow vichy summer dress. From Gloria Swanson Forever Young collection.

Gloria Swanson Forever Young collection (a play on both her own indestructible looks and the desire of older women to look younger) was manufactured by the Puritan Dress Company between 1951 and 1981.
 
Material
Viscose
Origin
circa 1960 United States
Exhibitions History
• 2020.07.01–2020.09.20. ‘Bicycle and Cycling Fashion (1870–1960).’ Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2023.07.31–2023.08.30. ‘The summertime fashion in 1930–1970 city. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Cultural Center, Visaginas, Lithuania.