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Ivory ‘crinkle’ weave evening gown, 1930s

Ivory ‘crinkle’ weave evening gown, 1930s

Image Reference: 55630
Artist/Photographer: Donguy
Measurements: 0 x 0 cm
Medium: photo
Collection: FM
Library Reference: BATMC 94.179
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Fashion Museum, Bath

Description: This evening gown of crinkle-effect artificial silk with a red-velvet feature back gets its slinky look because the fabric panels of the garment are cut on the bias, i.e. across rather than along the straight grain of the material.
The gown is by Donguy of Paris; but increasingly ‘Paris look’ clothes were available for the mass market. The gap between fashions for the wealthy and those for the less well-off was starting to decrease in the first part of the 20th century.

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