Dress

Title

Dress

Creator

McCardell, Claire

Date

1954-1958

Description

Gray and black wool jersey dress; knitted design resembling herringbone in gray and black, with vertical stripes of khaki green; mandarin collar; center front opening with 6 brass buttons; stitched-down pleats extending from shoulder to skirt at front and back; pleats stitched down at shoulder and again at waist; long one-piece set-in sleeves; mid-calf length; side inseam pockets; there was probably a matching belt which is now missing.

Subject

Clothing and dress

Source

Recollection Wisconsin

Relation

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/thumbnails/48287dbad7f969c523a2d1df14c9cd01.jpg

Type

image

References

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/3264

Citation

McCardell, Claire, “Dress,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/40608.

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