Evening Gown
Marc Bohan1985
FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
Marc Bohan for Christian Dior haute couture evening gown with detachable bow.
Label: "Made in France / Printemps - Ete 1985/ Christian Dior/ Paris / 19583"
Date: Spring/Summer 1985
Note: Worn by Betsy Bloomingdale
Corresponding croquis in Bloomingdale Archive.
See photos of Mrs. Bloomingdale wearing gown in object's Collection Documentation file.
See unidentified clipping in Bloomingdale Scrapbook 1985: "Betsy Bloomingdale looked like a fabulous fire cracker in strapless red with a bow as big as Betsy exploding from the back."
Mrs. Bloomingdale's comment about this gown from 2009 oral history: "How I ADORED this dress and the fabric. I always had the best time when I wore it!"
See unidentified clipping in Bloomingdale Scrapbook 1985: Suzy, "Museum Frames Fete for Nancy." Regarding Alexander Papmarkou's dinner at Metropolitan Museum of Art, "in her red gazar Dior with the biggest bow in town (how does she pack that thing?)..."
Mrs. Bloomingdale photographed wearing this gown in WWD 5/25/85 p.5. "Tiffany's Feather Ball."
- Title: Evening Gown
- Creator: Marc Bohan
- Date Created: 1985
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: CB: 56"
- Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale
- Type: Gown
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- Medium: Silk gazar
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