Dinner dress

Designer Muriel King American
 Textile manufactured by Bianchini-Férier French

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For the soignée Muriel King, a dinner dress could take on the effect of separates, even emulating a nineteenth-century military spencer at the high-waisted curve of the waistline. The lower portion of the dress with its striped fabric appears to be a separate underdress, reflecting the casual ethos of sportswear like so many other fresh stripes of the 1930s and 1940s.

Dinner dress, Muriel King (American, 1900–1977), silk, American

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Dinner dress, Muriel King (American, 1900–1977), silk, American
Dinner dress, Muriel King (American, 1900–1977), silk, American
Dinner dress, Muriel King (American, 1900–1977), silk, American
Dinner dress, Muriel King (American, 1900–1977), silk, American

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