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    • Butterfly

    • Butterfly

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1954

    • Charles James originally designed the Butterfly ball gown for Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr., for the price of $1,250. The sculptural design lives up to a comment once made by Spanish couturier Cristbal Balenciaga, "Charles James is not only the...
    • Dress

    • Dress
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    • 1891

    • Gown from trousseau of Mrs. Andrew Chevalier (née Leila Abi Leonard) Woods.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • circa 1950

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Gardner H. Stern, née Hanchen Strauss.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer)

    • 1883

    • Worn by Mrs. Henry Nelson Tuttle, née Fannie Farwell.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • circa 1954

    • This dress was worn by the donor, Mrs. Henry D. Paschen (Maria Tallchief). Although the donor does not remember altering this garment, there are signs of alterations throughout the bodice, waist and skirt hem. The original lining to the bodice has...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • E.E. Holland (manufacturer)

    • 1887

    • Worn by Alice Minard Barbour, mother of donor, at her marriage to William Cleaveland Bodman.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1947

    • Ballerina Maria Tallchief donated this dress, the Museum's only piece from Dior's historic first collection. Tallchief was prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet for eighteen years and later became the artistic director of Chicago's Lyric...
    • Dress and petticoat

    • Dress and petticoat

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1954

    • Object was donated and worn by dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher).
    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)

    • circa 1955

    • Made for and worn by the donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe), when she was made a Dame of the Knights of Malta.
    • Gothic

    • Gothic

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Charles James Manufacturers Company (manufacturer)

    • 1955

    • This dress was made by one of James's numerous business enterprises, Charles James Manufacturers Company, which lasted from 1955 to 1958. Lord and Taylor used the garment in advertisements in the New York Times in 1956, and Harper's Bazaar...
    • Pouff

    • Pouff

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Samuel Winston Inc. (manufacturer)

    • 1952

    • There are four known versions of this dress, including this one worn by Chicagoan, Mrs. Byron Harvey, Jr. The others belonged to Mrs. Jean de Menil, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr.
    • Tree

    • Tree

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • 1957

    • James created his first Tree gown in 1955; this version followed two years later. He stated that the design used "faille stretched like a ruched membrane over a stiffened shell molded NOT to the figure of the client, but to the shape I wished it...

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