Evening dress

This ankle-length evening dress is made of black silk georgette embroidered with golden thread and glass bugle beads. It is sleeveless with a square-shape neckline and a straight long bodice. The dress is slightly larger from the hip level down. It has convoluted embroidered motifs on the bodice, and vertical stripes and motifs embroidered with golden thread on the skirt. Black silk drapes trim the side of the skirt, which is open from the knee. A black silk petticoat is attached at the bodice. Chanel designed it in 1922 for her Spring Summer 1923 collection. This evening dress of the early 1920s illustrates the transition between the romantic picture dress with its wide skirt and the more '

Evening dress · Paris · 1922. Hand-sewn silk georgette, hand-embroidered with glass beads and gold thread. By Coco Chanel. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.