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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dance dress | — | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Dinner dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening suit | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Model No. 487 | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "Fusée" | Lanvin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Vionnet | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Wedding dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Paquin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Paquin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening cape | Molyneux | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "The Moonstone" | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Dinner dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| "Women in Love" | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |