dress, prom
date: label: date made
content: 1992
notes: label: Description
content: Princess style, floor-length, prom dress. Overdress of ivory netting with lace squares turned on end (approx. 6” x 6”) oriented with points in north/south direction. Underdress of beige synthetic fabric. V neckline in front and back trimmed w/lace (approx. 1.5” W) w/scalloped edges. Cap sleeves of a netted lace similar to rest of overdress, but lace more closely worked; sleeves trimmed in same 1.5” W lace as neckline. CB metal zipper opening. Dress fitted at bodice and gently flares at waist and then straight to hem; 18” slit in CB from hem upward. Hem trimmed in same 1.5” W lace as neckline and sleeves.
label: Description
content: According to donor Patricia Peña, she purchased her own fabric and lace, and drew what she imagined for the seamstress. The seamstress was Cecilia Alaniz who also made the donor's cotillion dress (2018.0238.01). Prom dress worn in 1992 at Holy Trinity High School's promo at the Palmer House in Chicago.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: worn
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: used
content: Prom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Patricia Peña
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0238.04
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0238.04
label: accession number
content: 2018.0238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, prom
label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, flat: 49 in x 20 in; 124.46 cm x 50.8 cm