Madame (Alix) Grès
Evening Dress

Evening Dress
Evening Dress
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Evening Dress
Date1977–1979
MediumChiffon with bugle, seed, and novelty beads, pailletes, and brilliants
DimensionsOverall: 59 1/2 × 14in. (151.1 × 35.6cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Mrs. Lloyd Hilton Smith
Object number87.199
Not on view

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ProvenanceMrs. Lloyd Hilton Smith; Estate of Mrs. Lloyd Hilton Smith; given to MFAH, 1987.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Fabric of Fashion," at MFAH Sep. 10 - Nov. 6, 1994
Exhibited "Dressed to Celebrate: Evening Wear in the Twentieth Century" February 23 - May 8, 1988

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Philippe Venet
1970–1979
Silk chiffon, paillettes, rhinestones, silver sequins, white, gold, bronze bugle beads, gold seed beads, and metallic gold thread
99.614.A,.B
Evening Gown
Elinor Simmons
c. 1965
Silk faille, organza, sequins, paillettes, brilliants, and seed beads
92.310
Evening Ensemble
Madame (Alix) Grès
1979
Silk chiffon, silk jersey, and china silk
97.505.A-.D
Zandra Rhodes
1980–1989
Chiffon, brilliants, and seed beads
97.405.A,.B
Evening Dress
James Galanos
1985–1989
Silk, paillettes, bugle beads, and seed beads
96.724.A-.C
Evening Dress (no. 84/173 and no. 84/281)
Zandra Rhodes
1980–1989
Silk chiffon, rayon jersey, acetate satin, gloss seed beads, bugle beads, metallic cup sequins, and faux pearls
97.714.A,.B
Ensemble
Yves Saint Laurent
1981–1982
Abraham silk, bugle beads, seed beads, paillettes, and silk cord
96.777.A-.C
Evening Dress
Madame (Alix) Grès
c. 1980
Silk
97.519.1
Evening Dress
Madame (Alix) Grès
1967–1979
Silk jersey
87.198
Evening Ensemble
James Galanos
1980–1989
Faille with embossed lamé circles, silk chiffon, beads, and brilliants
97.482.A-.D
Cocktail Dress (no. 105)
Bob Mackie
c. 1989
Silk, bugle beads, paillettes, seed beads, large beads, and rhinestones
98.502
Evening Dress
Zandra Rhodes
c. 1985
Printed silk chiffon, satin, sequins, brilliants, beads, and fake pearls
94.294