1990's Floral Print Dress
Above knee length dress in small blue/pink/yellow floral print. Sleeveless with narrow shoulder; V neckline. Princess cut with flared skirt. Low back with corset style lacing; self ties. Center front closure of seven 3/4" brown sew through buttons.
HCT.2015.9.25
c.1990
1990's Vivienne Westwood Plaid Dress
Vivienne Westwood cocktail dress in green, black and red plaid silk. Main strapless dress with separate long sleeves.
3a. Knee length strapless dress with fabric softly gathered at front top edge of strapless garment. Bias or diagonal design in fabric forming striped effect on diagonal. Garment front is one piece. A very stiff triangular boned unit on inside front bodice--similar to 18th century corset--and covered with self fashion fabric. Back of garment has seam at waistline attaching bodice and skirt with diagonal zipper closure. Under bodice made of heavy black spandex connecting front to back (also boned) to firmly fit figure and hold garment in place. Separate zipper used on bodice piece to which spandex is attached. Balloon hem formed by under rayon lining (in pale pinkish fabric with an orb and cross woven into it). Connected to fashion fabric at hem and pulling hem up forming balloon effect. Button and button loop at waist in back to hold garment in place. Right side of back features diagonal shirring and balloon effect.
3 bc. Separate sleeves in matching fabric. Leg-o-mutton sleeve with full gathered cap with 1" wide elastic at top edge and bias long sleeves. Balloon-type sleeve edge at wrist formed by fully lined sleeve (in pale pinkish rayon lining fabric with woven in swirling design) which pulls lower edge of sleeve up to form balloon effect at wrist.
HCT.2011.8.3abc
1993-1999
1990s Badgley Mischka Wedding Dress
Dress is white silk satin with lace overlay and allover beading. Beads are clear. Long sleeves are tapered and fit to the wrist with 4 round silk covered buttons and loop closures. Center back closure runs from back neckline to low hip and has closely spaced silk covered buttons and loop closures covering hidden zipper closure.
HCT.2003.55.1
1997-1998
1990s Woman's Exercise Suit
Bright blue nylon jacket and pants with wide magenta, green and yellow front chevron trim on jacket.
a. Jacket:
Bright blue tightly woven nylon sports fabric at lower front, back and sections of long sleeves. Front V-Shaped panel in magenta with stripe insert of magenta, green yellow and black with multi-color stripe fabric used for fine piping at lower edge of V-panel. Panel extends to and becomes part of front cut-on upper sleeve design. Second multi-colored panel at under part of lower sleeves. Soft, full shoulder pads.
Hip length jacket with stand or fold down collar in magenta. Center front separating zipper. Long sleeves with triple elastic casings forming a 1.75" lower edge. Similar triple elastic casing, 2" wide, at lower edge of jacket. Slant welt pockets at left and right front hip. Lined in lightweight cotton jersey.
b. Pants
Bright blue full cut sport pants in tightly woven nylon sport fabric. One and one-half inch wide triple elastic casing at waist with cotton cord drawstring inside waistband. Left and right side seam pockets. One inch wide elastic casing at lower edge of legs; 7" zipper at lower edge side seams. Cotton jersey lining.
HCT.2014.7.6ab
1997 Dior Black Coatdress
Black silk double-breasted fitted coat-dress; straight fitted sleeves with cuffs; 8 self-covered buttons; half-belt across back; flared skirt.
HCT.1997.16.1
1997
Adolfo Red Skirt Ensemble
a) Jacket: red boucle wool jacket. Short jewel neck, button-less cardigan, trimmed with red silk satin roses attached at neckline and wrists.
b) Skirt: knee length red sequined lace-net over red silk taffeta, wide gathered hemline bound with red satin taffeta, underskirt-stiffened. Lined in black.
c) Top: matching red lace. sequined tank top
d) Camisole: red silk taffeta.
HCT.1992.696.1a-d
1991
Band T-Shirt and Jeans
Black short sleeve cotton Nirvana T shirt
14" X 11" silk screened image of Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain during a concert performance with the name Nirvana above it in 1.25" yellow letters.
T-shirt back silk screened in 2" letters: FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF THE WISHKAH.
Jeans
Light blue Levi's denim jeans with rips at knees and under left back pocket
HCT.2013.13.2
HCT.2003.34.5
c.1996
Bill Blass, Multi-Colored Evening Gown
Bill Blass black velvet, ice blue, green and fuchsia faille strapless evening gown. Strapless pieced bodice of black velvet and ice blue silk faille in diagonal design front and back. Four strips of boning: side seams and side fronts; silk broadcloth lining; invisible center back zipper extending into skirt. Hook and eye at top edge of back bodice. Silk or rayon twill strips for hanging of garment attached to back bodice; thread loops at front edge of bodice over bust loop through twill strips to support garment during hanging. Piping at waistline seam in ice blue faille. Black grosgrain ribbon inside waistline stay with hook and eye closure at center back.
Floor length faille skirt pieced in diagonal design of ice blue at top, apple green in middle and fuchsia at hem; gathered into waistline seam. Double skirt on garment attached at waistline seam. Under skirt of silk organza at waist and half way down skirt with fuchsia faille at lower half. Underskirt connected to overskirt with thread loops at side seams.
HCT.1990.599.1
1990
Dior Black Wool Sheath Dress
Black wool Christian Dior Boutique dress "Dior" woven into fabric. Pencil shaped skirt, invisible zipper in center back, two pointed flaps on front that conceal hip darts.
HCT.2008.19.1
1998-1999
Feraud Red Skirt Suit
Red wool crepe skirt suit.
Jacket has standing band collar with three concentric lines of top-stitching, Seven red paste jewel and gold buttons with 'LOUIS FERAUD PARIS' stamped on gold ring around jewel, welt pockets in side panels, set-in sleeves with jewel button at wrist, hem that dips to two points in front and is straight across the back.
Straight above the knee length skirt has side and back seams with a back zip closure.
HCT.2008.5.11ab
1990-1995