Dress form
Designer Charles James American
Not on view
During one of his most creative periods, James developed a dress form that updated the fashion industry’s outdated version. His design originated from the belief that the standard forms contributed to the bad fit of Seventh Avenue clothes. Called the “Jennie,” the new form reflected the slender long-waisted silhouettes of Millicent Rogers and Jennifer Jones, the actress after whom it was supposedly named.
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