Dress
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2018.2.24.6ab.CW.DR.C1951.USAuthors:
Gloria SWANSON (American, Chicago 1899–1983 New York)Puritan Dress Company (American, 1909-1977)
Description
Black velvet cocktail dress with slash pockets and top front embellished with rhinestones. From Gloria Swanson Forever Young collection.Gloria Swanson Forever Young collection (a play on both her own indestructible looks and the desire of older women to look younger) was manufactured by the Puritan Dress Company between 1951 and 1981.
Materials
VelvetRhinestones
Origin
circa 1951 United StatesRelated object
Dress of Gloria SWANSONExhibitions History
• 2019.10.22–2020.12.31. ‘Fashion Masterpieces of the 20th century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.