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Maternity dress

Description: Maternity dress of red wool twill. Short sleeves; reversed turndown collar opens in back. Knee length. Dress is styled with three vertical box pleats at center front from neckline to hem; 1” belt across front above waist passes through barred buttonhole openings in the box pleats and through the side seams to button inside the dress at back with three buttons. Center back zipper closure. Back of dress lined in red polyester. Designer's label at back neckline:"Page Boy / Dallas" Size 12 tag at … more
Date: 1965/1970
Creator: Page Boy Maternity

"Queen of the Cosmos" coat

Description: Coat of imperial sable. Full length; long sleeves. Shawl collar. Side slit, chocolate brown velvet lined pockets. Center front closure of two hook & loops. Side seams slit from hips to hem. Lined in royal blue silk. Titled “Queen of the Cosmos”. Retailer's label at center back neckline: Neiman-Marcus Oval plate at right side: "Imperial Sable / 89" Label at right armseye: "Imperial Sable"
Date: unknown

Print dress

Description: Strapless dress of wool/silk/polyester print fabric. Knee-length; draped. Print resembles but does not copy the Budweiser logo. Bodice is boned. Left side zipper closure with hook & eye closure on draped waist. Designer's label: "Moschino / Couture!"
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Scott, Jeremy

Leather ensemble

Description: Three-piece ensemble of purple leather. A) Overlay of rounded yoke shoulders with 2 1/2" center front webbed placket and 28" fringe around balance of hemline. B) Midriff top with 22" fringe along hemline. Sleeveless with center back leather strap lace-up closure. C) Mini skirt. Slightly A-lined. Center back zipper closure.
Date: 1968~

Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of wool/ cotton blend in engineered print of Japanese blue roses and Georgia O'Keeffe cow skulls pieced with black. Knee length with flared skirt; rounded neckline with deep U-shaped back. Elbow length raglan sleeves. Center back zipper closure. Lined in black.
Date: Autumn 2012
Creator: Gurung, Prabal

Wedding dress

Description: Wedding dress of white chiffon(?), tulle, and lace. A) Dress. Full-length, full skirt. Empire waist. Long sleeves, with 3" lace cuffs and lace ruffle and two bands of matching lace running length of sleeve. Lace ruffle around shoulder. Square neckline, filled in with lace, which rises to form high standing collar with ruffle. Band of lace at waist and two bands down front. Cathedral train with two tiers of self at lower part of skirt, edged in lace. Lapped center back zipper. Attached slip of… more
Date: 1974/1985

Blazer

Description: Evening suit jacket of ivory triacetate/polyester blend crepe. Single breasted with L-shaped lapel; single button closure at waist. Neckline and lapel trimmed in white grosgrain. Long suit sleeves with three matching buttons at faux wrist slits; patch pockets at sides. Lined in ivory polyester; shoulder pads.
Date: 2012
Creator: Tahari, Elie

Mink coat

Description: Coat of mink fur. Full length; long sleeves; revers neckline. Center front hook & eye closure. Side slit pockets. Lined in black satin with 1" wide interior tie belt of same and initialed "AFJ".
Date: unknown

Evening dress

Description: Ensemble of metallic turquoise and gray silk satin with purple sash. A) Blouse. Waist-length jacket of dark metallic turquoise satin. Hip-length, with bracelet-length sleeves; wide ruffled cuffs of dark gray silk satin. Center front wrap opening with single domed dark green plastic button and two hook and eyes. Wide black velvet lapel/collar lined ruffle of the dark gray satin. Puffed shoulders with purple net. Extra button sewn inside lower left corner of jacket. Meant to be tucked into skir… more
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Saint Laurent, Yves

Evening dress

Description: Evening dress of champagne chiffon. Sweetheart neckline has shirred chiffon at front with attached bronze lace giving bolero effect. Long sleeves of chiffon have asymmetric hems and are covered in bronze lace with flared hems. Full length skirt is formed of three tiers of chiffon with matching lace at the hem of each tier. Center back zipper closure. Underdress/lining of matching champagne crepe with satin backing. Boned bodice. Designer's label on back left: "Michael Faircloth"
Date: unknown
Creator: Faircloth, Michael

Maternity dress

Description: Maternity dress of dark red woven wool trimmed with twisted yarn rope at neckline which extends to form a tie; tassels at ends. Short sleeves; double welt pockets at sides. Center front button closure to hem. Lined in red synthetic.
Date: 1955/1965
Creator: Page Boy Maternity

Huipil panel

Description: Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the back strap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This style huipil is always wider than longer so the side panels will hang lower than the center panel. This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969

Dress

Description: Sheer ivory silk asymmetrical tank dress in bias cut slip dress style with V-neck and self-fabric spaghetti straps. Front is mid-thigh length, back is train length split into tails with side openings to access pockets underneath. Dress is constructed of pieced ivory fabrics including silk crepe, silk georgette, silk habotai and lace; georgette hem is left raw. Designer's label: "Haider Ackermann"
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Ackermann, Haider

Ceremonial skirt

Description: Ceremonial Skirt of ochre-orange cotton with purple stripes and metallic thread. One piece of fabric sew into a floor-length tube, with tripes running horizontally. Textile created on a backstrap loom, design motifs hand embroidered with couched metallic threads, with decorative band of densely-embroidered geometric motifs at the bottom hem.
Date: 1930/1939

Pants

Description: Man's Pantalones (Pants). Handwoven back strap loomed in cotton. White with purple stripes about 1/2" wide. Hand embroidered cotton design motifs at lower leg. Hand-stitched construction.
Date: 1930/1939

Day dress

Description: A) Day dress of printed cotton, brown on white, with black "spots" in a very tiny geometric pattern. Just below knee length. Double collar and cuffs with white cotton(?) button-in, detachable panels. Short sleeves, pleated into hems. V-neckline below collar, which has lower placket opening with three circular black buttons and bound buttonholes, and one hook-and-loop at waist, inner petersham with hooks and eyes, and series of 4 hidden snaps at center front of skirt. Natural waist, into which b… more
Date: 1955/1960
Creator: Parnis, Mollie

Ensemble

Description: Skirt ensemble. A) Boxed jacket of brown twill. Short sleeves. Banded collar follows sides of squared neckline. Center front closure of three circular white buttons at hem. Lined in brown synthetic; padded shoulders. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Chloé / Made in France" Care tags at back neckline and left side seam. B) Shell blouse of dark taupe silk crepe with vertical stripes of red, turquoise, navy, ivory, and tan. Rounded neckline; sleeveless with deep arm holes. Center bac… more
Date: 1985/1990
Creator: Chloé (Firm)

Sash

Description: Wide sash of red-brown, ivory, and indigo blue cotton. Backstrap loomed cotton warp faced plain weave with warp ikat design with diamonds in the center and linear, repeating pattern on either side. Hand twisted and knotted fringe. Approx 11" wide.
Date: 1940/1949
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