Dress of light brown linen with short raglan sleeves; wide, scoop neckline
- Title
- Dress of light brown linen with short raglan sleeves; wide, scoop neckline
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Abbott, Mary E.
- Designer
- Adele Simpson
- Description
- Dress of light brown linen with short raglan sleeves; wide, scoop neckline; U-shaped panel at front bodice from the sleeves comes down and releases at the waist to create a belt at center-front and has a large caramel brown plastic button at center-front; two short bust darts from the U-shape panel; 6 panel skirt has a slight A-line silhouette; below-knee length; center-back zip closure; fully backed in warm beige organza; Avant-garde style.
- Designer Label
- Adele Simpson
- Motif
- Avant-garde
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1960/1969
- Identifier
- 1991.005.006
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Linen Organza
- Technique
- Belt detail of self-fabric released from the dress
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- 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)
