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 | Mainbocher | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening jacket | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening jacket | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Jean Dessès | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Clytemnestra" | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | — | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening wrap | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening cape | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening cape | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening suit | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1944 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 06/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "Subway" | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |