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Evening dress

Charles James

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

This sensuously shaped dress, popularly known as the Lobster dress, is essentially a gathered tube. With the exception of the draping to create the bust and back bodice, the gown is a series of horizontal release tucks.

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  • Title: Evening dress
  • Creator: Charles James
  • Date Created: 1941
  • Type: Evening dress
  • External Link: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Collection Online
  • Medium: silk
  • Designer: Charles James
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Bequest of Marta C. Raymond, 1989
  • Creator Death Date: 1978
  • Creator Birth Date: 1906
  • Accession Number: 2009.300.576
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