dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1945-1946
name: label: maker
content: Charlotte Villaret
notes: label: Description
content: Dress, 1-piece; green taffeta; strapless; fitted, constructed top, with sewn-in boning at CF and on each side of CB zippered opening; boning at sides, enclosed in separate, self-fabric sleeves, attached at top and waistband; bodice fabric on the bias; hand-sewn zipper extends into skirt placket; waistline seam; long, full skirt is slightly longer in B; falls flat on CF, pleated at sides and around B; CB has attached folded, bias-cut triangular panels, with diagonal edges; deep, turned-under hem around bottom; off-white grosgrain ribbon attached as inner waistband with hooks at CB; measures 50" (127 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Label text: Haute Couture / Charlotte Villaret / New York
label: Description
content: This is a copy of a dress designed by donor's mother, Charlotte Villaret; dress is a copy of a dress entered in a contest in New York and donor says this design won; 1994.0263.007 is muslin pattern for this dress.
label: Description
content: Villaret worked for Valentina, Muriel King, and Charles James in late 1930s through 1950s; then was in business for herself in New York and San Antonio, Texas. According to donor, Villaret's clients included Elise A. Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Grace Moore and Lily Pons. The Smithsonian accepted some Villaret garments from donor and the rest went to Marymount University's Costume and Textile collection.
label: Description
content: A short biography of Villaret written by donor includes personal anecdotes about her experience working for Muriel King and Charles James. See accession file for details.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ginette V. Patch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0263.002
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0263.002
label: accession number
content: 1994.0263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-piece