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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1945 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Tea gown | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1942 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1942 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Suit | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1942 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "Cyclone" | Lanvin | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Dinner dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Paquin | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Molyneux | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "Velasquez" | Balenciaga | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dinner dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Fortuny | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | Molyneux | 01/01/1939 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | Molyneux | 01/01/1939 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "From the Arabic" | — | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| "Beyond a Doubt" | — | 01/01/1939 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| "Matin Song" | — | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |