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Evening dress

Design House Alix French
spring/summer 1938
Not on view
Madame Alix Gres' career spanned five decades and throughout she excelled in the ability to manipulate fabric and used its innate characteristics to enhance her designs. She executed flowing body-skimming forms inspired by Greek dress; minimalist, sculptural forms, and voluminous and dramatic shapes.

Silk jersey was Gres' fabric of choice when creating her classical quotations.
Here, while not distinctly Grecian in shape, the shirred shaping of the bodice and hip yoke, as well as the column-like appearance of the skirt evoke those origins.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening dress
  • Design House: Alix (French, 1934–1942)
  • Designer: Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)
  • Date: spring/summer 1938
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1214
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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