Evening dress ensemble
- Title
- Evening dress ensemble
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Hawthorne, Betty
- Designer
- Coquette
- Description
- Evening dress ensemble: a) Evening dress of deep red velvet and net is strapless with fitted bodice of velvet with three tiered ruffles of net at top/bust; full-length A-line skirt of layered net is gathered into waistline; underskirt of deep red taffeta; bodice has boning and side-zip closure. b) Cropped jacket of deep red velvet with elongated collar and short, raglan sleeves; 3-button and loop closure at center-front; falls just below bust.
- Designer Label
- Coquette/ Original
- Motif
- Pleated tulle
- Work Type
- evening dresses (garments)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1950/1959
- Identifier
- 1991.006.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Velvet Net
- Technique
- Strapless bodice Hourglass silhouette Cropped jacket
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Coquette Originals specialized in high end party gowns in the 1950's. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines Coquette as a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men.
