Terms and conditions of use
Dress
(c. 1924)
- Medium
- silk, glass beads, silk thread (embroidery)
- Measurements
- 116.5 cm (centre back) 66.5 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- (England)
- Accession Number
- D231-1974
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1974
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Couturiers Jean Patou, Jeanne Lanvin and Gabrielle Chanel were particularly well-known for their innovative sportswear. Chanel’s separates commonly featured pockets that freed women from the burden of handbags. Often placed at the hips, the pockets promoted a wholly different stance – rounded back, sunken shoulders, out-stretched neck and bent knees – which became known as the Chanel slouch. Lanvin also designed casual day dresses, as seen in Steichen’s image Model Dinarzade wearing a crêpe de chine dress by Lanvin, 1924.