Evening dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2018.8.22.3.CW.DR.C1933.FRDescription
Hollywood style sparkly evening gown, sleeveless, with open back and bias-cut floor length skirt, totally embroidered with silver metallic sequins with randomly scattering red, yellow and blue sequined flowers.The impact of the cinema during the 30's launches new fashion trends. Women identify themselves with their new icons and seek to imitate their sex-appeals. At the same time the fashion designers respond to the request of the textile industry, which since 1925 claim to make dresses more longer.
Materials
SequinsTulle
Origin
circa 1933 FranceExhibitions History
• 2018.9.1 - 2018.9.30 – "Centenary of the fashion through the Alexandre Vassiliev Collection. 1914-2018", Château de Querrieu, Querrieu, France• 2019.04.02–2019.05.02. ‘Elegancy of 1930s. Moldovian and Romanian style icons. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova
• 2025.04.18–2025.10.20. ‘I love Art Deco.’ Alexandre Vassiliev foundation together with Fashion Museum. Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.