“The construction defies any usual dress-making norms.”
Curator Jan Glier Reeder on a 1946 evening dress by Charles James.
Hipster
Jan Glier Reeder
2 min. watch
Contributors
Jan Glier Reeder
Former Consulting Curator
Former Consulting Curator
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Selected tracks provided by APM Music
Photograph by Jerry Cooke, © JCA, Inc. 2013
Art Mentioned
Designer Charles James
1946
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