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    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Lucile (Firm) (designer)

    • 1916

    • Worn by Katherine Keith at her marriage to David Adler on June 1, 1916.
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Clover

    • Clover

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • circa 1948

    • During a visit to the Museum in 1974, James noted that this dress was originally created for Marjorie Merriweather Post. A review of the interior shows numerous alterations, including a large reduction in the overall size of the torso and hips. ...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Geoffrey Beene, Inc. (designer)

    • circa 1995

    • Worn by Mrs. Jules N. Stiffel, née Lisbeth Cherniack.

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