The Wild, Wild Women dance costume

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/e6fd8d8eb4d92b6ff1b95fe80eb5dccc

Title

The Wild, Wild Women dance costume

Creator

Moulton, Robert Darrell
Lippincott, Gertrude

Date

Used: 1953

Description

Women's dance costume for "The Wild, Wild Women", which premiered March 26, 1953. Synthetic knit split-personality dress with zipper back. Red glove with black fringe on cuff. Straight pin with black and rhinestone decoration. Designed and made by Robert Moulton. Worn by Gertrude Lippincott of Minnesota. Lippincott was a prominent dancer, choreographer and teacher.

Subject

Dance
Clothing.Women's Special Purpose Clothing.Costumes
Costume (character dress)

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Relation

https://collections.mnhs.org/cms/media?thumb=yes&irn=10364516

Type

image

References

https://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10440277

Date

Used: 1953

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Subject

Dance
Clothing.Women's Special Purpose Clothing.Costumes
Costume (character dress)

Citation

Moulton, Robert Darrell and Lippincott, Gertrude, “The Wild, Wild Women dance costume,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/15618.

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