Dress of blues, warm greys, and beige wool flannel in a tartan plaid with contrast Nehru collar and cuffs in a check plaid
- Title
- Dress of blues, warm greys, and beige wool flannel in a tartan plaid with contrast Nehru collar and cuffs in a check plaid
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Gates, Ruth E.
- Designer
- Adele Simpson
- Description
- a) Dress of blues, warm greys, and beige wool flannel in a tartan plaid with contrast Nehru collar and cuffs in a check plaid; long dolman sleeves with turn-up cuffs; asymmetrical button placket on bodice that wraps to the left and has button closure to hips; below-knee length; unlined. b) Tie belt of self-wool flannel tartan plaid; ties in bow at waistline; 1" width. c) Scarf of self-wool flannel tartan plaid with fringed ends; 17 1/2" width and 72" length.
- Designer Label
- Adele Simpson
- Motif
- Tartan Plaid; Check Plaid
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1980/1989
- Identifier
- 1987.029.016
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Wool Flannel
- Technique
- Dolman sleeves; Nehru collar; Contrast plaid design; Shirtwaist dress
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Record says this dress is from the 1970s, but it looks 1980s to me. Adele Simpson was known through the 1970s and 1980s for designing shirtwaists and chemise dresses. (DLF 2015) Adele Simpson worked at Mary Lee, then under her own label by 1944. In 1949 she purchased the company and named it Adele Simpson, Inc. She is known for creating practical, wearable designs. He husband, Wesley Simpson, designed many of her fabrics. (Vintage Fashion Guild; pastperfectvintage.com, 2015)
