"The construction defies any usual dress-making norms."
Curator Jan Glier Reeder on an evening dress by Charles James.
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Why Charles James saw himself as a sculptor of fabric
"The construction defies any usual dress-making norms."
Jan Glier Reeder
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Jan Glier Reeder
Former Consulting Curator
Former Consulting Curator
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Charles James
1946