Plate 19.
The fashion commentator who wrote in 1928 "Soft unequal hemlines express the poetry ofmotion in the new evening frocks" couldwell have beendescribing this dress of iridescent red bugle beads on red chiffon. It was worn c. 1927 by Mrs. Lawrence H. Whiting, formerly Mrs. Frederick D. Countiss. Dress lent by Miss Jona Vieta.
