Dressing jacket

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Featured, is an excellent example of a dressing jacket from the period of the late 1880s to the mid-1890s. The combination of the ribbon and lace add an elaborate touch which is very typical of fashions from this time. Prior to this, lingerie and dressing wear was much simpler, but beginning in the 1880s the idea of luxury in fabrics and decoration became popular.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art