Evening dress from Lucile
A dreamy dress in layers of chiffon in pale pink and grey, with silk roses.
Lucile gave her gowns poetic names and showed them on mannequins in her salons. She was among the first to use staging and theatre in fashion. Dresses are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum.
Materials: Silk, chiffon, lace, silk flowers
Manufacture: Draped in many layers of sheer fabrics, with roses and ribbons fixed by hand.
The colours shifting through the layers of transparent cloth.
The silk roses and the light drapery.