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Dress
Dress
Dress
Dress
Dress

2022.06

Dress

Date: c. 1928

Tan silk dress with tromp l'oeil beaded bow and accompanying jacket and slip.  Elsa Schiaparelli popularized tromp l'oeil styles in 1927 by creating fictionialized bows or accessories on knitted garments.  Influenced by the surrealist  art movement, with 'accessories' serving as optical illusions on the garments themselves.

Material: silk crepe de chine, glass beads

Label: none

Measurements: 

Bust- 35 inches

Waist: 30 inches

Shoulder to shoulder: 15 inches

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