Wedding Mini-Dress and Shoes of Ellen McPhillips Baumann
Brief Item Record
Title: Wedding Mini-Dress and Shoes of Ellen McPhillips Baumann
Creator: Henri Bendel, Design by Evins
Date: 1968
Description: Dress (a) of cream rayon moire faille; above-knee length skirt with single pleat in center back; two-piece tailored sleeve; no waistline, half-belt at center back waist with two plastic four-leaf clover buttons; princess seam torso; mandarin style collar. Shoes (b&c): Low-heel; cream-colored satin; buckle detail on top; 2 oval cutouts by toe with two rows of rhinestones in between; burnt septia leather sole, 2.25" heel, square toe.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007020
Title
Wedding Mini-Dress and Shoes of Ellen McPhillips Baumann
Description
Dress (a) of cream rayon moire faille; above-knee length skirt with single pleat in center back; two-piece tailored sleeve; no waistline, half-belt at center back waist with two plastic four-leaf clover buttons; princess seam torso; mandarin style collar. Shoes (b&c): Low-heel; cream-colored satin; buckle detail on top; 2 oval cutouts by toe with two rows of rhinestones in between; burnt septia leather sole, 2.25" heel, square toe.
Date
1968
Subject
Clothing and dress
Relation
VC2007021
VC2007022
VC2007023
For Better and For Worse
Extent
32 inches (chest), 30 inches (waist), 35 inches (hips), 29 inches (center front length), 31 inches (center back length), other measurements: 20.5 inches (sleeve length), 2.25 inches (heel height)
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Quinn Milton and Ruby Pierce, 1/2014
Color Main
Closure
Closure Placement
Collar
Sleeve Type
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Chest
32
Waist
30
Hips
35
Center Front Length
29
Center Back Length
31
Measurements Other
20.5 inches (sleeve length), 2.25 inches (heel height)
All Measurements
32 inches (chest), 30 inches (waist), 35 inches (hips), 29 inches (center front length), 31 inches (center back length), other measurements: 20.5 inches (sleeve length), 2.25 inches (heel height)
Label
Dress: "Henri Bendel / New York / Young Bendel" on label inside center back of neck. Shoes: "Design by Evins"
Worn by
Donor
Mary Lee Hartzell
Date Earliest
1968
Date Latest
1968
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
This jacket style wedding mini-dress was donated by Mary Lee Hartzell, class of 1953. Mary Lee's sister, Ellen McPhillips Baumann, class of 1963, wore the dress in her 1968 wedding. The dress was donated along with Mary Lee's own wedding dress, her mother's wedding dress, and her daughter's wedding dress.
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Shoes: a little scuffed, small cracks on inside, sole is worn.
Treatment
The dress was steamed. The chest area of the form was padded. Arms were provided and the sleeves were padded out. The neck was also padded.
Mannequin
Eleanor
Storage Location
N7
Holding Institution
Citation
Henri Bendel and Design by Evins, “Wedding Mini-Dress and Shoes of Ellen McPhillips Baumann,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 12, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1184.
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