Le Canned Dress

Title

Le Canned Dress

Creator

Wippette Sportswear

Date

1968

Description

Le Canned Dress A) Dress of nylon knit printed with purple, pink and orange triangles arranged in vertical stripes; raised band collar with two buttons covered in self fabric at center back; long sleeves gathered into cuff; straight silhouette with gathers at dropped waist; street length; lapped zipper closure at center back. Designer, retail and size labels at center back. B) Can of bright colored geometric print. Label: "Le/ Canned/ Dress/ The world's freshest dress,/ a Wippette delicacy in French Epicurean prints./ Net contents: 4 1/2 whole ounces/ Ingredients: Pure Joyce-Lon textured nylon/ that can be canned but can not wrinkle./ Hand packed and canned by/ Wippette.
1 dress

Subject

Social Life and Customs - Clothing
Dresses (garments)

Source

The Portal to Texas History

Relation

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1637472/small/

Type

image

References

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1637472/

Citation

Wippette Sportswear, “Le Canned Dress,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 28, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/38094.

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