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Evening Dress

1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mila Schön (designer)
Place of origin
Milan (city) (made)

White and silver evening ensemble, consisting of embroidered net dress and matelasse coat.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Evening Wear
Womenswear
Embroidery
Object type
Evening dress
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Evening Dress
  • Evening Coat
Materials and techniques
Beaded and sequinned net, silk matelasse brocade
Bugle Beads
Sequins
Matelasse
Net
Embroidery
Beading
Brief description
Evening dress of embroidered net and matelasse coat, designed by Mila Schön, Milan, 1966.
Physical description
White and silver evening ensemble, consisting of embroidered net dress and matelasse coat.
Production typeHaute couture
Gallery label
(05/04/2014-27/07/2014)
Label for the exhibition: "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"

EVENING DRESS AND COAT
Mila Schön, 1966
Sequins on net, with silk coat
For Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball,
Mila Schön also dressed Lee Radziwill, sister
of American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Married to a Polish prince, Radziwill usually favoured French haute couture, but she chose an Italian dress for this high-profile event. The gown’s sinuous sequinned pattern is set off by the coat’s austere cut.
WORN AND GIVEN BY PRINCESS STANISLAS RADZIWILL
V&A: T.400&A-1974
Credit line
Given by Princess Stanislaus Radziwill
Object history
This evening dress and coat was worn by Princess Lee Radziwell to Truman Capote's Black and White Ball on 28 November, 1966. Held at New York's Plaza Hotel, the party celebrated Capote's publication of his non-fiction novel 'In Cold Blood'.
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.400&A-1974

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O138989/evening-dress-mila-schön/
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