"Emperial Crown" (jacket); "Tonight or Never" (dress)
Object type: Evening ensemble
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Elizabeth Hawes
Artist bio: American, Ridgewood, New Jersey 1903–1971 New York
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: American
Date: spring/summer 1934
Medium: silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer, 1957
Accession year: 2009