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 ensemble | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening shoes | — | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 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) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Wedding ensemble | Mainbocher | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Paquin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening cape | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Evening cape | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Worth | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Nina Ricci | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Dinner dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |