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Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of blue silk taffeta with faint floral watered-silk print; floral brocade print. Round neckline; 24 non-working tiny buttons from center front neckline to waist. Puffed cap sleeves have four tucks into one tiny button just under shoulder. Neckline princess seams to seam around hips; front princess seams have inverted pleats at waist; seams in front and back from armhole to hips 1 1/2" apart into seams at hips. Skirt is below the knee in front; slight train in back. Center back zi… more
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: De la Renta, Oscar

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of heavy blue/green aqua silk. Knee-length, with high standing collar and long sleeves which gather into zippered cuffs. Collar, sleeves, and hem with wide bands of mirrored rhinestone beads/sequins. Attached sash/belt at waist. Center-back zipper, with hook-and-eye at collar. Lined in lighter material of the same color. Designer's label sewn inside skirt: "Norman Norell / New York" Designer's model label (?) sewn inside skirt: "18101-180-12" Union label sewn inside skirt.
Date: 1968
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972

Cocktail dress

Description: Dress of black tulle with silver dotted print. Off the shoulder. Ruffles of self fabric cover sleeves and neckline. Short A-line skirt with tiers of ruffles of self fabric. Zipper at center back. Designer label: "Scaasi / Boutique" 7133/S92
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Dress of red chiffon, sequins and beading. The bodice of the dress is of draped red chiffon with deep V-neckline at front and shawl collar with deep drape at back. The long, full sleeves gather into tight cuffs, each having four red chiffon covered domed buttons and red fabric loops. At the natural waist of the dress is a horizontally ruched band which gives the effect of a sash of the same material, with simulated bow and trailing ends. The bodice simulates a wrap dress, with one side of the c… more
Date: Spring 1990
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Evening/cocktail dress of navy pleated chiffon and lace. Off the shoulder gathered elastic neckline with flounce of pleated chiffon finished with lace. Dropped waistline. Flounced short skirt with two tiers of pleated chiffon finished with lace. Center back zipper closure. Designer label: "Scaasi / Boutique" 8528/S84
Date: Spring 1984
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of red moire faille with large white polka dots. Knee length, short raglan sleeves, wide shallow V-neck. Princess seams on back and one on left front from bust to bottom hem that incorporates shirring accented with three self bows and opens to a six inch slit. Hidden zipper closure at center back. Lined of white synthetic with boning sewn in front and back from neckline to drop waist.
Date: 1984/1989
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of red dotted net. Sleeveless, wide boat neckline with off-the-shoulder sleeves of two layers of cascading ruffled net reinforced at edges with one inch of synthetic horsehair crinoline. Natural waistline accented with ribbon belt of red synthetic trimmed in picots with large bow at front secured with two hook-and-eye closures and a snap, secured at waist with chain-stitched loops. Starting at drop-waist, three wide flounces of self, also reinforced at bottom edge with one inch o… more
Date: 1984/1989
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of beige sheer chiffon in sheath style with iridescent sequin gathers in rough clusters around dress. Keyhole closure in back with two groups six of self-covered buttons and loops at neckline and base of opening. Below knee length. Sleeveless with wide rounded neckline; armscyes and neckline are bound, french seams of matching chiffon. B) Slip/underdress of beige shantung covered in beige chiffon matching outer dress. Chiffon spaghetti straps. Left side zipper closure. Designer'… more
Date: 1959
Creator: Trigère, Pauline

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black polyester, organza, and chiffon. Long sleeves; no collar; below-knee length; no arm hole; curve from CF to under arm at 3" of chiffon. Organza flowers at neck front; back top to waist is chiffon, then polyester below waist. Center front invisible zipper closure. Designer's label: "Geoffrey Beene / New York" Union Label "8"
Date: 1983/1993
Creator: Beene, Geoffrey

Cocktail dress

Description: A) Short evening/cocktail dress of black charmeuse patterned with organic lines of rhinestones. Asymmetrical one-shoulder neckline. Sleeveless. Bow of self fabric near neckline on strap. Bare left shoulder. Gathered asymmetrical cummerbund stretching downward diagonally from left to right at hips. A-line skirt. Side lapped zipper closure. Designer label: "Scaasi / Boutique" B) Scarf of self fabric.
Date: Spring 1984
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of white silk with green and brown stylized floral design. Street-length; cap sleeves; deep rounded neckline in front, shallow at back. Natural waist with fan/bow edges extending up from waist seam. Skirt pleated into waistband with diagonal pleating at front. Center back zipper with hook and eye at neckline. Bodice lined in organza(?), the skirt lined in cream silk(?) Designer's label at inside back by zipper: "Sarmi / New York"
Date: 1960
Creator: Sarmi, Ferdinando

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of coral-red lace over cream silk. Coral net over cream silk, the net with coral lace overlay and appliqued with coral tape lace. Mid-length dress with high, slightly rounded neckline in front and deep V-neck in back. Cap sleeves. Skirt pleated at sides and back from waistline. Center back zipper closure with hooks and loops along length. Within and attached to dress by thin cords above waistline is inner slip/petticoat of two layers. Outside layer is cream colored organdy cover… more
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: Sarmi, Ferdinando

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail / late day dress of black silk faille. Shallow scooped neckline, short "kimono" style sleeves with wide turn-backs. Bodice seamed, and with dropped waist. Full, mid-length skirt gathers into waist. Center back zipper with hook-and-eye at collar. Inner petticoat under skirt composed of two layers, inner plain black fabric layer and outer stiffened horsehair layer. Designer's label sewn inside skirt, outside of petticoat layer: "Neiman-Marcus Dallas / Traina-Norell".
Date: 1954
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black crepe. Illusion U-shaped neckline with looped and draped gold beaded bib. Short sleeves; midi length. Shirred detailing down center front of bodice becomes tuck with rounded end at hemline. Half belt on back. Left side and center back zipper closures. Padded shoulders; weight at center front hem. Unlined. Retailer label: Neiman-Marcus / Dallas
Date: 1944
Creator: Kiam, Omar

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black chiffon with feathers and paillettes. Chiffon bodice with skirt trimmed in black pailettes and ostrich feathers. Sleeveless; narrow collar. Center front closure of self-covered buttons with snaps below waist. B) Slip of black chiffon. Nude spaghetti straps; lined in black organza. Designer's label: Pauline Trigère Retailer's label: Neiman-Marcus
Date: 1965
Creator: Trigère, Pauline

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black silk chiffon with two tiers of black ostrich feathers and lightly beaded chiffon at hemline. V-shaped neckline is trimmed with hanging black beads. Adjustable spaghetti strap shoulders. Knee length. Center back zipper closure. Lined in black polyester.
Date: 2008/2010
Creator: Reese, Tracy

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black crepe de chine in shift style with over dress of strips of matching fabric. Sleeveless; Rounded V-shaped neckline dips deeper in back. Below knee length. Center back zipper closure; lined in black chiffon. Style number on white grosgrain at hem: MU 122 / 1976
Date: 1978
Creator: Trigère, Pauline

Cocktail dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black net with white swirls. Short capped, raglan sleeves; bateau neckline. Swirls in shape of flowers at right shoulder. Knee length under layer; top layer 1" above under layer with slit from hem to chest on right side. Braiding around neckline extends across front and back left shoulder to form trailing ends to hemline. Slit pocket at right side seam of inner layer. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Geoffrey Beene / New York" Union label, "Dry Clean Only" and size … more
Date: Spring 1991
Creator: Beene, Geoffrey

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black faille and white linen with jacket and belt. A) Bolero style jacket in black silk faille. Center front opening with four small black circular buttons and bound buttonholes. Short, set-in sleeves trimmed with three matching buttons on tops of sleeves with bound buttonholes. Small welt pockets at sides. Jacket and sleeves lined in white silk satin. Combined designer/retailer label at center back neckline: "Neiman-Marcus Dallas / Traina-Norell" B) Dress of black silk fa… more
Date: 1953
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972
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