dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1949 - 1950
label: Date made
content: 1949-1950
name: label: designer
content: Castillo, Antonio
label: manufacturer
content: Elizabeth Arden Inc.
label: wearer
content: Stewart, Janet Newbold
label: designer
content: Castillo, Antonio
notes: label: Description
content: Pale blue chiffon evening gown with draped bodice and long flowing drape attached at side of skirt; heart-shaped bodice front; pleated chiffon draping criss-crossing breasts; midriff front and bodice back fitted with darts and seams; twisted and rolled chiffon attached under breasts, extending up into a shoulder strap and attached to top of side back edge; bodice lined in taffeta with boning sititched along seams; left side metal zipper closure; skirt attached to bodice at waistline; long skirt gathered in front and fitted in back with darts on side-backs; long chiffon panel attached at right side of skirt seam; skirt hem and three sides of scarf panel are hand rolled; entire dress is lined in grey rayon taffeta.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janet Newboldt Stewart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0458.007
label: accession number
content: 1977.0458
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0458.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece
label: Other Terms
content: dress, 1 piece; dress, 1-piece; entire body; main dress; female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist: 29 in; x 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: scarf/drape panel:: 96 in; 243.84 cm
label: Measurements
content: dress center back:: 49 in; 124.46 cm