Ephemeral Elegance

Dinner Dress and Jacket, ca. 1937-38

Elsa Schiaparelli

via The Met

Satin Wrap Dinner Dress, 1939

Charles James

via The Met

Dinner Dress with Asymmetrical Collar, 1950

Charles James

via The Met

Beaded and Sequined Dinner Dress, ca. 1950-51

Christian Dior

via The Met

Poet Blouse Style Dinner Mini Dress, 1966

Michael Mott for Paraphernalia

via The Met

Silk Faille and Jersey Dinner Dress, summer 1940

Designed by Elsa Schiaparelli

Worn by Millicent Rogers

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Mesh Lace Dress, ca. late 1950s-early 1960s

via 1stdibs

Dinner Dress and Fur Lined Jacket, ca. 1953

Mainbocher

via The Met

Belted Dinner Dress, 1951

Norman Norell for Traina-Norell

Pictured in Harper's Bazaar, March 1951

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Silk Crepe Couture Dinner Dress, late 1950s

Pierre Balmain

via Kerry Taylor Auctions