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- Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1940 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored both Paris and New York fashion centers. She paired this wine-colored evening dress, created by Paris designer Jean Patou, with a gold lame under dress purchased at New York's Bergdorf-Goodman.
- 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1940
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored both Paris and New York fashion centers. She paired this wine-colored evening dress, created by Paris designer Jean Patou, with a gold lame under dress purchased at New York's Bergdorf-Goodman.
- Evening Jacket, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1935-1939 - The 1920s and 1930s--an era known for luxury and modernity of Art Deco aesthetic--was also characterized by increasing openness and informality. Dinner and dancing, as well as cocktail parties, grew more popular than elaborate, seated, formal dinner parties. Clothing had minimal embellishment for a sleek, modern silhouette. The fashionable socialites shown on this elegant 1930s evening jacket capture the jazzy exuberance and fluidity of the era--at least for the wealthy.
- 1935-1939
- Collections - Artifact
Evening Jacket, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1935-1939
The 1920s and 1930s--an era known for luxury and modernity of Art Deco aesthetic--was also characterized by increasing openness and informality. Dinner and dancing, as well as cocktail parties, grew more popular than elaborate, seated, formal dinner parties. Clothing had minimal embellishment for a sleek, modern silhouette. The fashionable socialites shown on this elegant 1930s evening jacket capture the jazzy exuberance and fluidity of the era--at least for the wealthy.