Tara's Trip to USITT:  LACMA Museum Exhibit "A Century of Fashion" Part 2, 1930-1970

Evening Dress and Stole, United States or France c. 1930, Label: Henri Bendel, New York, silver lame and silk velvet, Gift of Mrs. Courtland Gross.  m.66.59.4a, b

Dinner Dress And Jacket, c. 1936 attributed to Elsa Schiaperelli, Italy, active France, 1890-1973, printed silk crepe embroidered with sequins, gift of Theodore Pennock in memory of Elizabeth Barrows Schamehorn.  cr.71.36a, b

Evening Dress and Jacket, 1937, Hattie Carnegie, Austria, active United States, 1889-1956, metal thread embroidery on rayon pebble crepe, gift of Mrs. Edith Breckenridge.  cr.72.25a, b

Evening Hat, France (?), c. 1936, silk velvet, gift of Mrs. Regina Ezra. m.86.387.6

"Pedal Pusher" Suit, 1946, by DeDe Johnson, United States, born c. 1914, wool gabardine, gift of The Fashion Group, Inc. Los Angeles.  48.39.7a, b

Dress, 1947, by Pat Premo, United States, Born 1st quarter of the 20th Century, cotton chambray, gift of The Fashion Group, Inc. Los Angeles.  48.39.10

     

 Evening Gown, 1951 by Charles James, England, active United States, 1906-1978, silk chiffon, silk satin, and nylon chiffon, gift of Mrs. Morton Lee.  55.75

Cocktail Dress, 1957, Christian Dior, France, 1905-1957, Silk Faille, gift of Mrs. Robert Rowan.  m.65.39

Cocktail Hat, c. 1957, by Rex, United States, Los Angeles, @0th Century, silk jersey and velvet with bird of paradise feather trim, gift of Mrs. Charles W. Swett.  cr.73.15.1

Dress, 1958 by Rudi Gernreich, Austria, active United States, 1922-1985, wool crepe stitched to Pellon interfacing, gift of Yuki and Jack Kanegaye/JAX.  m.2000.121.2

Coat, c. 1963, by Norman Norell, United States, 1900-1972, wool knit, gift of Mrs. Charles I. Gold.  ac1996.184.7
   

Evening Gown and Wrap, 1963, Valentino Garavani, Italy, born 1932, voided silk velvet gown; silk satin wrap, gift of Sue Barton.   m.78.115a-c 

Dress and Jacket, 1967 by Andre Courreges, France, born 1923, silk and embroidered net dress; metallic knit jacket, gift of Mrs. John Frankenheimer.   m.69.96.15a, b
 

Tunic and Pants, 1968 by Rudi Gernreich, Austria, active United States, 1922-1985, wool knit with metal hooks and leather trim, gift of Tomi Kuwayama.  ac1999.205.1-.2