De Givenchy, Hubert; 1967 Black Lace Dress

Black, strapless, Hubert de Givenchy ball gown, made in 3 layers. Inside layer is a silk netting bustier with nine vertical lines of boning (boning is missing from 3 channels). There is black grosgrain ribbon tacked at the waistline that fastens in back. The bustier has a hand set zipper on the left side. The black silk crepe lining (middle layer) is a knee length sheath that is folded over the bustier and tacked inside at the top of the bodice. It has a hand set zipper on the left side with a hook and eye at the top at the top of the bodice. The outside layer is silk crepe net with a fitted bodice and flared skirt. The skirt is below the knee length in front and floor length in the back. It has silk organza ribbon embroidery in large rosettes following the design on the netting. The top part of the skirt is made from one layer of netting with embroidery and is semi sheer. The last nine inches around the bottom of the skirt is a gathered ruffle overlay of the ribbon embroidered material. Inside the skirt, at the top of the ruffle is a band of horsehair type stiffening material. The outer layer has a placket in the left side seam from the bodice top to below the hip that closes with hooks and eyes. There is a small black metal bar sew on the bodice front, approx. mid line 2-1/2 inches from the waistline.

HCT.1986.140.4

1967

This dress belonged to Harriet de Rosière, who was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1929. She was the only child of Harry and Lillian (née Arbenz) Moeller. She was educated at the Columbus School for Girls and at Vassar College. She married Vicomte Paul de Rosière in 1955, living in New York, Paris, London and Houston. They moved to Palm Beach, where they had become engaged years earlier, in 1989. Mr. de Rosière died in 1995 and Harriet passed away in 2013.

De Givenchy, Hubert

Asymmetrical Skirt, Hourglass Silhouette

fiber content=Silk

1960-1969

Black