1950's Floral Print Dress
Cotton dress; tiny floral print in pink, blue, and green with off-white background; wide neckline; bust and skirt of dress pleated; underskirt made of netting; pleats in neckline and bust area and skirt; underskirt netting.
HCT.1990.604.4
1950's Two-Piece Green Knit Dress
Green wool hand knit two-piece dress
a) Bodice (or top)
The body of the bodice is plain knit, with cuffs and collar in wide rib knit; mock turtleneck collar; 3/4 length kimono sleeves with shoulder and top of arm seam; center back zipper closure and left side seam zipper closure.
b) Skirt
Slim fitting with slight flare; mid calf length; overall construction - very wide rib knit, except at hip area ( narrow rib knit); skirt is one big tube, no closures or seams; no waistband; waistband area is supported with an elastic
HCT.1998.38.1ab
c.1955-1956
1950's Brown Tweed Dress and Jacket
Brown tweed jacket and dress
a. Jacket
Jacket has lapel collar and elbow length dolman sleeves. There are front and back princess seams going into underarm seam of sleeve. Two button center front opening; bound buttonholes; 1.25" brown buttons. 2" wide belt from side seam to side front; tacked in place, no button/buttonhole. Body lined with taffeta; no sleeve lining.
b. Dress
Dress has dark brown knit bodice with round neckline and cut on cap sleeves. Dress has a side seam and waistline bust darts. The waistline seam has stay tape on inside. 8 stitched down (5") box pleats. Center back zipper; hook and eye at neckline. Belt thread loops at side seams and center front waistline (belt missing). Garment not lined.
HCT.2017.12.1ab
1950-1955
1950s White Pique Dress
White heavy cotton pique princess line dress with short cap sleeves. Round neck with cut-on short cap sleeves. Fit and flare style with no waistline seam. Princess seams front and back from shoulder seams to hem. One box pleat in each princess seam, front and back, from 3" below waistline to hem. Very full skirt. Center front opening, neckline to hem, with 13 rhinestone buttons and machine made keyhole buttonholes Edge of neckline, center front opening and sleeves finished with white cable cord-like crocheted trim. Garment is unlined.
HCT.1988.352.3
c.1954-1955
1955-1965 Man's Bathing Suit
Men's swim trunks in brown, blue, green and gold. Hawaiian batik print. Triple stitched elastic waist with drawstring. Coin/key pocket with buttoned flap in right side front just below waist. Fully lined in muslin
Inner mesh knit briefs attached at waist.
HCT.2003.57.35
1955-1965
Charles James "Infanta" Dress
Black lace over white taffeta fitted bodice with stiffened peplum; waltz length skirt of layers of black and brown net over stiffened narrow black silk underskirt.
HCT.1985.106.23
c.1952
Orange/White Striped McCardell Day Dress
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.
HCT.2014.6.3
Blue/White Vera Maxwell Dress
Blue/white cotton stripe, sleeveless dress with bateau neckline; knife pleated bodice to form solid blue color.
Blue and white printed vertical stripe cotton broadcloth fabric used throughout garment. Bodice in four units: front, side fronts and left and right back with center back zipper closure. Bodice, front and back, pleated to hide white section of vertical stripe and forming a solid blue bodice. Pleats released below waistline, front and back, forming skirt with blue and white vertical stripes. Side sections of bodice connected to skirt with waistline seam. Front and back units with bodice and skirt as one piece of fabric from neckline to him.
Front bodice with side seam bust darts. Back bodice with pleats folded to shape at neckline rather than use shoulder darts. Lingerie straps at shoulder seams.
Center back zipper with full length of white and blue stripe continuing up from skirt to form design on either side of zipper. Hook and thread eye at neckline.
HCT.1989.480.27
1959
1950s Cashmere Sweater and Wool Skirt
Pink cashmere pullover sweater.
3/4 length sleeves, rib knit roll collar extending to short ties in front held in place with a 1" shanked shell button, 4 small dyed pink 2-hole mother-of-pearl buttons with thread chain button loops at back neck, ribbed hem and cuffs.
Grey wool pleated skirt
Plain weave wool pleated skirt; somewhat rough hand. 1.5" wide set on waistband. Left side zipper opening; two button/buttonhole closure on waistband. Small triple inverted pleats between 2" wide box pleats around entire skirt at waistband.
HCT.1990.593.3 & HCT.1989.460.3
1950s Navy Day Dress
Blue V-neck dress with flared skirt and white pique neckline insert.
A. Dress
Deep V-front neckline; 3" wide white pique inset (pinned in place) inside front neckline. 1" wide strips of front neckline fabric extend from shoulder seam to center back and sewn together at center back. Strips sewn to upper edge of back bodice forming stand collar effect in back bodice at neckline. Inverted u-shape midriff front seam; two pleats on left and right fronts go into U-shaped midriff seam. Tab on right front below V neckline and above U-shaped seam; bound buttonhole on tab; button missing; 1.5" wide buttonhole indicating one large button was used in this location. Bodice back with above waist seam across back; two released darts stitched for two inches from seam and released up into body of back bodice. Cut on elbow length sleeves; covered shoulder pads. Very full gored skirt starting from curved U-shape/empire line in front and back bodice; 12 gores shaped to waistline then expand for hip and very full skirt. 10.5" long underlined/sewn-in insets of very stiff Pellon non woven interfacing from above waistline seams front and back; Pellon helps the skirt stand away from the body. Left side zipper opening.
B. Belt
Self fabric covered belt and buckle 1/2" x 29"
C. White pique neckline inset
3" wide along front V; 1.5" across back neck; about 1" extends/shows at neckline when worn; pique inset pinned in place during wear.
HCT.1996.30.2abc