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Evening ensemble

Item

Title

Evening ensemble

Description

A. Gold multicolored silk evening top; halter; trapeze shape; handkerchief hem; completely sequined over batik print. Fabric was handmade in Mexico. B. Gold multicolored silk evening skirt; floor length; straight; slit up one side; completely sequined over batik print.

Donor noted that this ensemble was made for the opening of Marshall Field's store on Michigan Avenue, possibly referring to the opening of Marshall Field's in Water Tower Place in 1975.

Relation

Skirt without top (Object ID #1988.195.b)

Creator

De la Renta, Oscar

Date

ca. 1975

Source

Donor: Hope Melamed Winter

Identifier

Object ID #1988.195.ab
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/f69ea38e37860db3c019056233515b66.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

Clothing and dress

Type

Still Image

Format

360 View

Citation

De la Renta, Oscar, “Evening ensemble,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed April 1, 2026, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4757.