Evening Wear Archive
The Evening Wear Archive gathers evening and formal dress objects from fifty houses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, drawn from the Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every record links its museum object page and carries garment family, era, season and significance labels; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised or priced.
| Object | House | Date | Garment family | Era | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "La Sirène" | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Petal" | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening cape | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1953 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1953 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Petal" | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 12/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Scarlatti" | Dior | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Cocktail dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Molyneux | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening shoes | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| “Turquie” | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening jacket | Mainbocher | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balmain | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening bag | Balmain | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Jacques Fath | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | Jacques Fath | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Jacques Fath | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Jean Dessès | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |