Dinner dress in American Beauty rose silk faille

Norman Norell1954/1955

Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY, United States

Dinner dress in American Beauty rose silk faille. A: Mid-calf length dress with fitted bodice and jewel neckline; sleeveless; natural waistline; self piping at neck and armscye; bodice back open to waist, four self ties; full knife-pleated skirt; pinked and scalloped hem; self-faced bodice, skirt unlined. B: Matching belt, 1 1/2 inches wide; horizontally topstitched; rectangular buckle; sits at natural waistline. C: Boned, strapless American Beauty nylon net corselet petticoat; white net band at hip; full multi-tiered American Beauty rose net skirt. Label, A: Traina-Norell.

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Title: Dinner dress in American Beauty rose silk faille
Creator: Norman Norell
Date Created: 1954/1955
Type: Dinner dress, Petticoat (underskirt), Belt (costume accessory)
Medium: Net (textile), Silk (textile), Faille, Nylon
Fashion house, designer, label: Traina-Norell

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