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Title |
Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Description |
Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962. Cerise shantung dress with princess seams on bust, extended cap sleeves, notched neckline, and knife pleats on skirt. Dress has been altered at waist in back, to expand two of the pleats. Back closure with hook and thread loop at neck and hidden steel zipper, painted cerise, down back. Bodice is flat-lined in cerise nylon and skirt is unlined. Three white makers labels inside skirt. |
Date |
1962 |
Creator |
I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, CA |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2020.002.003A |
Dimensions |
H-40.5 W-44 D-0.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
Measurement notes: width was taken with skirt expanded; shoulder to shoulder measures 21.5 |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"I. MAGNIN & CO." (embroidered in light grey on white makers label, on side seam inside skirt, " I. MAGNIN" is in larger font ); "Style / 36 " ( partially illegible, stamped in black on white, partially removed, label.); " ABGA / 405713 / UNION LABEL / INT'L. LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION" (stamped in blue on white label, around a circular logo: " AFL-CIO / LGWU" ) |
Provenance |
This is the Going-Away dress worn by Diane Green Tokheim in her 1962 wedding. (Part of a collection including costume material worn by Grace Blick Green who moved from San Francisco to Hillsborough in 1916 and attended San Mateo High School; Donated by Diane Green Tokheim. ) |
Notes |
"Changing wedding ensembles may seem like a recent trend, but it actually has a long history in the modern American wedding. As early as the 1930s, brides would change at the close of their reception into a "going away dress" for their grand exit, where guests would wish them well as they headed off to their honeymoon. Typically their going away dress would be some sort of chic bridal-inspired skirt and jacket suit set." [https://www.thespruce.com/two-wedding-dresses-the-when-and-why-of-this-style-trend-3489917 ] "Shantung silk is produced from wild silk, and therefore it has had very little or no sericin removed, the gummy substance that clings to silkworm thread within the cocoon. This results in the thicker and heavier appearance of shantung silk, as well as its lower cost compared to more processed silk." [ http://fabricsinternational.wikifoundry.com/page/Shantung] |
Search Terms |
Costume and Fashion Dress Dresses Fashion Honeymoons San Mateo County Silk Silk Industry Tokheim, Diane Green Wedding |
Subjects |
Dress Dresses Honeymoons Silk Silk industry Wedding costume Weddings |
People |
Tokheim, Diane Green |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Diane Green Tokheim |