Orange/White Striped McCardell Day Dress
Description
A bias cut cotton day dress. Cream with raised orange diagonal stripes. Shawl collar with deep V opening (to bust level) at center front. Side seam bust darts in front bodice. Short dolman sleeves rolled cuffs
4" wide self sash gathered into inverted V angled seam at center front waist; sash tied in back when worn. Center front and center back seams
Wide V seam at center back dipping into V below waistband. Side seam angled pockets with curved fold over flap. Full circle skirt. Left side zipper.
4" wide self sash gathered into inverted V angled seam at center front waist; sash tied in back when worn. Center front and center back seams
Wide V seam at center back dipping into V below waistband. Side seam angled pockets with curved fold over flap. Full circle skirt. Left side zipper.
Source
HCT.2014.6.3
Provenance
Gift of The Friends of the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection.
Designer
Claire McCardell
Fiber/Fabric Information
Cotton
Decade
1950-1959
Files
Collection
Citation
“Orange/White Striped McCardell Day Dress,” Fashion2Fiber, accessed October 31, 2025, http://fashion2fiber.osu.edu/items/show/5124.
Item Relations
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