Evening Gown, 1908

Presented as part of a Master of Fine Arts thesis
Thesis title: Beauty, Brains and Bloomers:
Fashion and Reform, 1850-1910
Boston University School of Theater (2005)

Evening gown in hand-dyed silk charmeuse and
satin-faced silk chiffon, with hand beading and
applied trim, built on a boned foundation.

This gown is based on research into the influence
of social reformers and the Aesthetic movement on
fashions of the early twentieth century. It is a
theatrical reproduction of a gown documented by
Nancy Bradfield in Costume in Detail: 1730-1930.