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 dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dinner dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1935 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1935 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Coat | Vionnet | 01/01/1935 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Poiret | 01/01/1932 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "Delphos" | Fortuny | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening coat | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Tea gown | Fortuny | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Fortuny | 01/01/1935 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening coat | Fortuny | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening coat | Paquin | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | Paquin | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| "Sans Souki" | Nina Ricci | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1932 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | — | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening coat | — | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1935 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1930 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Ensemble | Chanel | 01/01/1929 | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Lanvin | 01/01/1934 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1934 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | Chanel | 01/01/1929 | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1929 | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening coat | Fortuny | 01/01/1934 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Patou | 01/01/1930 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Paquin | Unavailable | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| "Taxi" | — | 01/01/1932 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1929 | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1934 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1928 | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1928 | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | winter |
| Evening dress | Callot | Unavailable | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Chanel | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Coat | Chanel | 01/01/1930 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Dress | Worth | Unavailable | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Worth | Unavailable | evening | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1933 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1928 | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Vionnet | 01/01/1933 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Coat | Vionnet | 01/01/1933 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Dress | Poiret | 01/01/1928 | daywear | Jazz Age (1920s) | — |
| Evening dress | Poiret | 01/01/1930 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |