Dress of black faille with V-neckline and long dolman sleeves with attached inner shoulder pads
- Title
- Dress of black faille with V-neckline and long dolman sleeves with attached inner shoulder pads
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Lienkaemper, Gertrude
- Designer
- Kallman Oppenheimer, Helga
- Description
- Dress of black faille with V-neckline and long dolman sleeves with attached inner shoulder pads; shaped, dart-less bodice is wrapped and folded over toward the center creating a lapel; dress wraps over at the waistline and closes with a double breasted hook and eye closure; 2 black plastic buttons on bodice and 2 on upper skirt; 2 side slit pockets; ends of wrap skirt are folded under creating an open slit at lower portion with self-fabric within (a triangular reverse pleat); mid-length skirt is straight.
- Designer Label
- Helga
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Identifier
- 1980.003.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Faille
- Technique
- Dart-less bodice uses wrapping and folding techniques
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Fashion designer Helga Kallman Oppenheimer started Helga Inc. in 1947 in San Francisco. She prefered dressy, convenient styles and natural, non-synthetic fabrics which she travelled to Europe twice a year to purchase. Helga Inc. closed in 1986 in Los Angeles. -Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer.
