Cocktail dress
Item
Title
Cocktail dress
Has Format
Description
Black velvet cocktail dress; jewel neckline; long sleeves; black beaded decoration around hips; two layers of black fringe make up skirt; knee length; lined; center back zipper closure.
From Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter 1991/1992 Collection. According to an email from the donor: "The dress I donated was an original one [Oscar de la Renta] made for his Fashion Show, a sample piece which he later gave me after I was able to wear it to a black tie event in New York. My husband worked with him on a fragrance."
From Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter 1991/1992 Collection. According to an email from the donor: "The dress I donated was an original one [Oscar de la Renta] made for his Fashion Show, a sample piece which he later gave me after I was able to wear it to a black tie event in New York. My husband worked with him on a fragrance."
Relation
Detail of snap closures at skirt (Object ID #2013.02.04)
Creator
De la Renta, Oscar
Date
1991
Source
Donor: Diane McLarnon-Aiken
Is Part Of
Identifier
Object ID #2013.02.04
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/d6f98e7556c09d4883417613bcdace36.jpg
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Subject
Clothing and dress
Type
Still Image
Format
360 View
Collection
Citation
De la Renta, Oscar, “Cocktail dress,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed April 1, 2026, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4761.