#afternoon dress

history-of-fashion:

ab. 1830 Afternoon set (dress and mantle) (France)

dress: taffeta with double thread, silk, silk cord, linen, cotton, silk trimmings, wood buttons covered with silk cord

mantle: taffeta with double thread, silk, silk cord

(Musée des Tissus et musée des Arts décoratifs, Lyon)

Afternoon dress ca. 1832

FromTessier & Sarrou

Afternoon dress ca. 1876

From Enchères Sadde via Interencheres

Afternoon dress ca. 1871

From the FIDM Museum

Afternoon dress ca. 1865-68

From the Kobe Fashion Museum via Fashion Press

Afternoon dress, 1895-90

From the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Worth dress ca. 1900-05

From Coutau-Bégarie via Interencheres

Worth afternoon dress ca. 1900-05

From Coutau-Bégarie via Interencheres

Afternoon dress, 1876-78

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Afternoon dress ca. 1872

FromTessier & Sarrou

Worth afternoon dress ca. 1870-72

FromTessier & Sarrou

Afternoon dress ca. 1863-64

FromTessier & Sarrou

Afternoon dress ca. 1828

FromTessier & Sarrou

MORNING DRESSES, March 1795 | AFTERNOON DRESSES, January 1795

The Gallery of Fashion May 1795. Afternoon dresses.

Front cover of The Bedell Company summer catalogue, ca. 1920, showing a fashionable afternoon dress and cape. The dress is in chiffon taffeta silk and features a shawl collar, wide sleeves, tie waist, and a tiered overskirt. The military-style cape coat is in navy serge wool and features a buttoned belt, a high collar decorated with khaki serge bands, and bone buttons.

Source: Paul Popper for Popperfoto via Getty Images

TWO VELVET AFTERNOON DRESSES, 1938-1940s

2 velvet 1940s afternoon dresses: 1 royal blue crushed cotton velvet 3 piece ensemble consisting of dress with pleated SH, self bow & gold passementerie at center front & slip Bishop sleeves, cap w/ rouleau brim w/ bow at back & wide belt & 1 brown silk voided velvet with ruffled bib & gathered & flared short sleeve & self-belt.

Afternoon dress and coat by Paul Poiret, Les Modes January 1923. Photo by Henri Manuel.

Afternoon dress by Chéruit, Les Modes 1917 (N174). Photo by Talma.

Lace Afternoon Dress, ca. 1900

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Afternoon Dress, ca. 1900

viaBunka Gakuen Costume Museum