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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening ensemble | Paquin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Paquin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "The Moonstone" | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Dinner dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| "Little Moose" | — | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "Women in Love" | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | — | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| 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) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| "Mekong" | — | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Paquin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "The Tarts" | — | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Tea gown | Balenciaga | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | Chanel | 01/01/1939 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1937 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | Chanel | 01/01/1937 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Afternoon dress | Grès | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |