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Day dress

Description: Dress of acetate/rayon blend in floral print of red, pink and yellow flowers on ivory background; wide, straight style. Below knee length; rounded neckline. Elbow length puffed sleeves with extended shoulder, 2” cuffs, and button closure. Center front button closure; buttons in raised rose design with barred buttonholes. Four patch pockets. Shoulder pads; unlined. Designer's label: "Ungaro / solo donna / Paris" Content/care tags with extra button at left side seam. Size "46/12" tag at base of … more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Ungaro, Emanuel

Day dress

Description: Dress and belt. A) Dress of white and black ribbed silk/cotton blend. Dropped 6" sleeves are in black; bottom 12" of skirt is black. Main body is white in sheath style. Side opening on the left with 4 black buttons. Slit pocket on right side of dress. Shoulder pads. Unlined. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Bill Blass / Collection III" Size "10" tag at base of designer label. Cleaning instructions tag at right side seam on hem panel. B) Belt of black satin; 1" wide.
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Blass, Bill

Day dress

Description: Dress of white rayon with a black line floral print. Long sleeves; knee-length. Collarless; high neckline has a V in front. Black rayon skirt yoke is asymmetrical and gathers into waistline seam. Right shoulder panel is tightly gathered black rayon. Center back zipper. Label "Carolina Herrera" in back of collar. b) Belt of white rayon with black line floral print.
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Herrera, Carolina

Day dress

Description: Sundress ensemble of black bias cut novelty cotton blend. A) Sundress. Below knee length; 1/2" shoulder straps. Pin tucks on front of bodice and A-lined skirt meet at waistline forming an hourglass shape. Right side slit pocket. Left side zipper closure. Union label and cleaning instructions tags at center back neckline. B) Jacket. Long sleeves; pin tucks at front shoulders and across back yoke. Long sleeves; peplum. Center front button closure; snaps at neckline indicate detachable collar, c… more
Date: 1980/1985
Creator: Nipon, Albert

Day ensemble

Description: Ensemble of orange and off white silk. A) Jacket of orange and white vertical stripes, formed with clusters of very narrow orange stripes, and wider white stripes. Knee-length, loose and flowing, slit on both side seams from upper hips to hem. Long sleeves with dropped shoulder. CF opening with 6 buttons. Neckline has large triangular shaped extensions which form ruffles down front. Designer's label: "Judyhornby" Origin/Content/Care/Style label. Made in Italy, 100% silk. B) Top of orange and… more
Date: 1980/1985
Creator: Hornby, Judy

Denim jacket

Description: Man's jacket of stonewashed cotton. Turn-down collar. Rivet buttons have "WS" logo. U-shaped flap pocket at side breasts with angled welt pockets at lower center sides. Long sleeves have triangular gores in back. Square-shaped cinch buckle at lower sides near hemline. Designer label: Willi Smith / Collection
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Smith, Willi

Denim necktie

Description: Man's necktie of blue cotton denim with machine embroidered gold polo player on pony logo and double rows of topstitching on blade. Four-in-hand style. Tipped in madras plaid; interlined. Designer label: Polo / by Ralph Lauren
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Lauren, Ralph

Dinner dress

Description: Cocktail/dinner dress of rayon knit with black bodice and white skirt. Cap sleeves; V-shaped neckline. Sleeves and neckline are trimmed with white bugle beads on left and silver bugle beads on the right. Band of beads loops at base of neckline and extends around the waist. Underskirt of matching white rayon. Left side zipper closure. Designer label: Jonathan Hitchcock / for Reuben Thomas Size tag at left hem of inner skirt with evidence of removed labels. Content tag at right underarm.
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Hitchcock, Jonathan

Dinner dress

Description: Dinner dress of black silk with red and green carnation and circle patterns. Knee-length, ¾ length modified dolman sleeves attached to body of dress in wide panels gathered at seams. Covered button at sleeve cuff; narrow boat neckline. Invisible zipper at side back following seam where arm meets body. Arms lined. No labels.
Date: 1980/1989

Dinner dress

Description: Evening/dinner dress ensemble of black crepe. a) Dress. Below knee length. Long bishop inspired sleeves; gathered in 1" cuff with three release pleats at the elbow; closure of self-covered spherical button. Bateau neckline with three pleats at left shoulder that creates drapes across left shoulder. Fabric drapes to right from darts to form tulip hem on the two separate front bodice pieces that fall below waist length; 1/4" satin edging on neck and hem. 1/4" grosgrain ribbon with snaps on the in… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Galanos, James, 1924-2016

Dinner dress

Description: Dinner/cocktail dress of black wool crepe. Knee length; long dolman sleeves secured along length of the top of the arm with five round buttons with concentric circles of rhinestones. Mock cowl collar bound in black silk with corners attached with loop and similar button. Two angled darts at each side of natural waist creating gathers. Wide inverted pleat at center front of skirt secured at top of pleat with three similar buttons. Zipper at center back, hook & eye closure at center back neckline… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Galanos, James, 1924-2016

Draped dress

Description: Dress of blue chiffon. The floor-length dress is formed of two layers, and inner sheath, and an outer layer which is fully ruched, covering the inner sheath completely with layers of draping, and affixed to the inner layer at the neckline, zipper, and at cuffs. The dress has a V-neck at both front and back. The ruching forms "swags" which join at the neckline and center seams on front and back. The three-quarter length sleeves are similarly ruched, anchored along seams running from shoulder to … more
Date: 1980/1985
Creator: Halston, 1932-1990

Draped jacket

Description: Jacket of black and white wool herringbone with windowpane plaid lines. Standing collar with large ruffle at center front sewn in place at shoulder. Decorative silver, heart-shaped openwork filigree hook closure at neck. Long sleeves have large tucks into the cuffs. Unlined. Designer Label: Ungaro / Parallele / Paris
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Ungaro, Emanuel

Dress

Description: Evening dress of blue silk gazar. The full-length dress has a fitted bodice simulating a wrap style, with V neckline, and long straight sleeves with 5 fabric buttons at each wrist. The skirt has an asymmetrical peplum with an inverted opening in front that is equal to the floor length A-line skirt, giving the effect of an over-skirt pulled back to reveal an underskirt. At back is a zipper closure from neckline to below hips, with a series of snaps at the top of the peplum. The dress has an a… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018

Dress

Description: Evening gown of black polyester velvet and satin. Heart shaped sweetheart velvet bodice with beaded leaf pattern applique embellishing surface. Long puffed satin sleeves with appliques at shoulders and black bugle bead and braid trimmed cuffs; zipper closure. V-shaped waistline has 4 long beaded tassels that tie at center front. Full length, gathered satin skirt with black net underskirt. Designer's label at back right shoulder: "Victor Costa" Care and content/size tags under designer label.
Date: 1980
Creator: Costa, Victor

Dress

Description: Dress of brown wool flannel, with piping of blue wool flannel. Standing collar; long raglan sleeves with large armholes; beaded medallion CF on bodice; bodice gathered into low waistline; 3 gored skirt; knee length.
Date: 1980/1985
Creator: Chloé (Firm)

Dress

Description: Dress of red silk crepe. Collarless, V-shaped neckline. Empire waistline with knotted tie at center front having trailing, pointed ends. Long bishop sleeves with decorative tie cuffs and two snaps for closure. Below knee length; flared skirt. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Lined in red silk. Designer's label at left of zipper at neckline: "Mollie Parnis Boutique / New York" Retailer's label at right of zipper at neckline: "Del Ann's / Dallas" Cleaning instructions and union label on cente… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Parnis, Mollie

Dress

Description: Dress ensemble of pink lace. A) Overblouse. Midi length; long sleeves. Sailor collar with added rectangular panel at center front; trimmed in off-white lace. B) Under dress with pink acetate upper and pink lace lower panel lined in pink acetate. Maxi length with flared lower panel skirt at knees. Spaghetti straps.
Date: [1980..1990]
Creator: McClintock, Jessica

Dress

Description: Black satin dinner dress. Knee-length. fitted. princess-line sheath with rounded neckline and full-length set-in sleeves. The sleeves are finished with wide turned-back French cuffs. The cuffs are accented with two different. black. faceted buttons combined with bound buttonholes. The larger of the two buttons is centered with a pronged. emerald cut. black jet stone surrounded with radiating pronged. pillow and round-shaped. black. jet stones. The smaller buttons are ovals centered with a singl… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018

Dress

Description: Evening ensemble consisting of: A) Evening dress of light green silk chiffon in green and white leaf pattern with large pink and red chrysanthemum flowers at hem. Green satin spaghetti straps matching piping around upper edge of bodice; empire waist. Bodice is covered in matching bugle beads that accentuate the pattern of the fabric. Floor length. Center back opening of snaps and hook & eyes on bodice, zipper on lining below waist hidden by snaps on outer layer. Under layer of green chiffon; l… more
Date: 1980
Creator: Mori, Hanae

Dress

Description: Tunic/shift style midi dress of natural cotton muslin trimmed with geometric patches of sashiko style Japanese embroidery. Wide rounded, bound neckline. Elbow length sleeves with button and loop closure at vented hem. Side slit pockets. Side vents with asymmetric hemline shorter in front. Designer label: Issey Miyake / Plantation
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Miyake, Issey

Dress

Description: Full-length evening dress of copper and olive polyester. Bodice has two sections of material which form a v-neckline in front and which are joined in back of neck by 3 cloth covered buttons, separating and falling almost all of the way down the back of the dress. Empire waistband,3 ½” wide, is gathered and pleated and wraps around to the back. Full-length wrap-style skirt. Center back zipper closure. The bodice is lined in orange polyester.
Date: 1980?
Creator: Rossi, Pilar
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