Browse Items (4 total)

• Detail of interior of bust showing store label

  Pink silk brocade evening gown; gold brocade edge; made from a sari; sleeveless; strap over left shoulder; bow at waist; brocade strip drown center front skirt; center back zipper closure; floating panel separate from skirt at back. Label: "Saks Fifth Avenue Original, made for the Adam Room"
  
  Likely worn by the donor, Elizabeth "Bettie" Ogden.

  Tags Ann Lowe, brocade, Elizabeth Ogden, evening gown, gold, gown, pink, sari, silk

• Detail of back closure

  Pink silk brocade evening gown; gold brocade edge; made from a sari; sleeveless; strap over left shoulder; bow at waist; brocade strip drown center front skirt; center back zipper closure; floating panel separate from skirt at back. Label: "Saks Fifth Avenue Original, made for the Adam Room"
  
  Likely worn by the donor, Elizabeth "Bettie" Ogden.

  Tags Ann Lowe, brocade, Elizabeth Ogden, evening gown, gold, gown, pink, sari, silk

• Evening gown

  Pink silk brocade evening gown; gold brocade edge; made from a sari; sleeveless; strap over left shoulder; bow at waist; brocade strip drown center front skirt; center back zipper closure; floating panel separate from skirt at back. Label: "Saks Fifth Avenue Original, made for the Adam Room"
  
  Likely worn by the donor, Elizabeth "Bettie" Ogden.

  Tags Ann Lowe, brocade, Elizabeth Ogden, evening gown, gold, gown, pink, sari, silk

• Gown

  Navy blue and pink paisley silk chiffon gown; made of sari fabric; bodice constructed in criss-cross style; raglan sleeves flow from front and back panels that are attached at neck edge; back tie belt.
  
  Designed and sewn by Lynn Fontanne in 1965 using fabric from an Indian sari purchased at a London antique store. Worn by Lynn during an interview on PBS in 1980, and in the photograph linked below, "Lynn Fontanne with Cole Leslie and Alfred Lunt." Donor was the niece of Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt.

  Tags gown, Lynn Fontanne, navy blue, paisley, pink, sari, silk chiffon