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Evening Dress

Lucien LelongMid-1920s

The Kyoto Costume Institute

The Kyoto Costume Institute
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

This dancing dress is made of thin, delicate chiffon embroidered heavily with beads and strass. The fringe swings in accordance with body movements. Since the 1910s new dancing tunes such as the tango and the Charleston had captivated both Europeans and Americans, generating passion for strenuous dances. The boom of dancing dresses with a lot of sequins and fringes that looked wonderful due to body movements in dancing symbolizes the 1920s, an age that came to be called the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age.

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  • Title: Evening Dress
  • Creator: Lucien Lelong
  • Fashion House: LUCIEN LELONG 16 RUE MATIGNON PARIS
  • Label: LUCIEN LELONG 16 RUE MATIGNON PARIS
  • Manufacturer: Lucien Lelong
  • Date Created: Mid-1920s
  • Type: Dress
  • Photographer: ©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Taishi Hirokawa
  • Rights: Collection of The Kyoto Costume Institute
  • Medium: Pale pink silk chiffon; petal-shaped fabric sewn all over; embroidered with rhinestones silver beads and gold leather; embroidery imitating a bead at low waist.
The Kyoto Costume Institute

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