Silhouette Timeline
The Silhouette Timeline traces how dress silhouettes change across the decades of the Costume Institute collection, drawn from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every record links its museum object page and carries garment family, era, season and significance labels; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised or priced.
| Object | House | Date | Garment family | Era | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1949 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1949 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1949 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ball gown | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balmain | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Cardin | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ribbon | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "Lyre" | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1945 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1947 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |