Ephemeral Elegance

Trained Silk Satin Evening Gown, ca. 1866-68

Charles Frederick Worth

via Philadelphia Museum of Art

Circle Skirt Silk Satin Cocktail Dress, ca. 1955-56

James Galanos

via FIT

Satin Dress with Rouched Skirt Detail, ca. 1841-45

via Museum of London

Silk Satin Evening Dress with Beaded Trim and Fully Boned Inner Bodice, ca. 1910

Liberty and Co.

via FIDM Museum

Silk Satin Dress with Embroidered Net Overlay, ca. 1910

Madame Percy

via FIT

Silk Satin and Tulle Ball Gown, ca. 1860

Emile Pingat

via The Met

Silk Satin Dress, ca. 1873

via Manchester Galleries

Pumps, ca. 1920s

André Perugia

via KCI

Evening Dress, ca. 1950

Edwin Hardy Amies

via V&A

Wrapper, 1894-95

Worn by Sarah Eyre Glover

via Shippensburg University