Costume and Textile Collection

Add or remove other collections to your search:

Browse suggested topics

You've searched:

Costume and Textile Collection

All fields: 1955

(12 results)

Sort by: Title

Relevance

Artists/Makers

Title

Date

Display Options

Display: 20

100

200

- Dress
- Dior, Christian (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)
- circa 1955
- Worn by Mrs. John William Straub, 1926-2007 née Jane Easter. Purchased at Marshall Field & Company Bridal Salon.
- Dress
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- circa 1955
- Dress made for and worn by donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe) when she was United Sates Ambassador to Italy, 1953-1957.
- Dress
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- circa 1955
- Ensemble: dress and jacket
- Loper, Don, 1906-1972 (designer)
- 1955
- Worn by donor's aunt, Frances Abrams McCall, at her second wedding. Was originally worn with a very thin belt.
- 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.
- Ensemble: dress and jacket
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- 1955
- Object was donated and worn by dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher).
- Girdle
- Lily of France (Firm) (manufacturer)
- 1955
- 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...
- Hat
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- circa 1955
- Christian Dior was especially fond of his very wealthy clients who could afford to be dressed from head to toe with Dior products. The House of Dior offered the fashionable woman a full range of clothing, accessories, and even perfume. For some...
- Mystre
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- 1955
- Worn by Mrs. Howard Linn, née Lucy McCormick Blair.
- Pagoda
- James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)
- 1955
- In James's ranking of his top four creations, the Pagoda came in at number four for its emphasis on the "fine art of tailoring." Originally designed in 1954, Harper's Bazaar featured the suit in its July 1955 issue, the same year it was purchased...
- 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...