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 dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening cape | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "La Sirène" | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding dress | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding ensemble | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening cape | — | 01/01/1941 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Dinner dress | Dior | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Féminité" | Worth | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding ensemble | Lanvin | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | Molyneux | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening cape | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening cape | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Wedding ensemble | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening purse | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening purse | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "Cyclone" | Lanvin | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |