charles james - richard martin (1999)
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• Evening dress, Tree.
Date: 1957
Designer/Maker: Charles James, New York
Medium: Silk taffeta
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Dress, 1937. Charles James.
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This frocking fabulous Charles James evening coat of 1949 is a total knockout. It is, I tell you! Via the Met.
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“Swan”
Charles James
c.1954
Among James’s many allusions to historical silhouettes and decoration, his Swan is the most literal. For this airier contemporary version of a heavily draped Victorian bustle dress, he deployed transparent chiffon and stiff nylon tulle, a then relatively new textile innovation. The skirt’s six layers, composed of 1,080 square feet of tulle, are combined in various colors to give it depth and luminosity. Despite its ethereal appearance, it is, at twelve pounds, the weightiest of his grand creations. The beautiful curvature of the bodice back is signature James anatomical styling designed to displace extra flesh that might ruin the graceful line.
The MET (Accession Number: 2009.300.8523)
Currently on view: In America: An Anthology of Fashion
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1951 Evening dress “Petal” by Charles James, USA
silk velvet, silk satin, silk taffeta
(Chicago History Museum)
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Mariana van Rensselaer in a Charles James hat, Photo by Cecil Beaton, 1930
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US Vogue November 1, 1951
Jean Patchett wears a ball gown by Charles James, white evening collection. The bodice is a long curvature stem of black velvet above petals of black satin, above that, 25 yards of puffy, puffy white taffeta.
Jean Patchett porte une robe de bal signée Charles James, collection de soirée blanche. Le corsage est une longue courbure tige de velours noir au-dessus des pétales de satin noir, au-dessus, 25 mètres de taffetas blanc gonflé et gonflé.
Photo Horst P. Horst
vogue archive
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Suit by Charles James, 1939, USA.
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charles james - richard martin (1999)
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• Evening Dress: Butterfly.
Designer/Maker: Charles James 1906-1978); Distributor: Marshall Field & Company
Place of origin: New York
Date: 1954
Medium: Silk chiffon, silk faille, DuPont nylon tulle.
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Nancy James models a creation by her husband, fashion designer Charles James. By Cecil Beaton, 1955.
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Swan gown, c.1954. Charles James!
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Charles James brings the drama, of course. Fashion history via the Met. (1941)
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Dress
Charles James, 1954
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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