Evening dress
Designer Charles Klein
Not on view
Dresses with Irish crochet lace were very popular during the Belle Époque. This example of a full-length evening garment fashioned from that lace is given a level of three-dimensionality from the use of lace and pendant balls. They add surface interest, as does the arrangement of the ball fringe over the peach velvet hem band.
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