Evening Dress
1961 (made)
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Evening dress of rose pink and gunmetal grey satin trimmed with black velvet. Full length dress with a draped velvet bodice with a heart-shaped neckline and wide shoulder straps which become a cowl collar at the back. The waist has a sash drape in grey, on the right, which is arranged to show a black velvet insertion and pink reserved with grey full length sash. The skirt is of grey satin pleated onto the bodice and includes a panel of pink on the right underneath the sash. The bodice is lined with net and boned, and it fastens with a whitened metal zip, hooks and eyes on the right hand side. With a crinoline petticoat made of stiff white nylon.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Satin trimmed with velvet, and nylon, lined with net, metal and boned |
| Brief description | Evening dress of satin trimmed with velvet, and nylon petticoat, designed by Hardy Amies, London, 1961 |
| Physical description | Evening dress of rose pink and gunmetal grey satin trimmed with black velvet. Full length dress with a draped velvet bodice with a heart-shaped neckline and wide shoulder straps which become a cowl collar at the back. The waist has a sash drape in grey, on the right, which is arranged to show a black velvet insertion and pink reserved with grey full length sash. The skirt is of grey satin pleated onto the bodice and includes a panel of pink on the right underneath the sash. The bodice is lined with net and boned, and it fastens with a whitened metal zip, hooks and eyes on the right hand side. With a crinoline petticoat made of stiff white nylon. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Dame Edith Evans |
| Object history | Worn by the actor Dame Edith Evans (1888-1976) for a R.S.A function, and purchased for her by a "late, dear friend" |
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| Accession number | T.124&A-1969 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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