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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ball gown | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balmain | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening jacket | Balenciaga | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Ribbon | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | 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 ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Grès | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Mainbocher | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |