Evening overdress
Attributed to Callot Soeurs French
Not on view
Rita de Acosta Lydig (1880-1929), a noted beauty and style icon of the early twentieth century, owned this garment. A great admirer and collector of lace, de Acosta Lydig's garments and accessories often incorporated insertions or trims of antique lace, sometimes taken from her own collection. De Acosta Lydig favored dramatic and slightly idiosyncratic garments when dressing, some of which she may have designed herself. Long, unfitted garments that emphasized the panels of lace trim rather than the body of the woman who wore them, such as this example, were a staple of her wardrobe.
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