Evening dress

Herbert Luey

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Herbert Luey was a significant dressmaker working in Brooklyn when downtown Brooklyn was a popular shopping destination. The complexity of the construction attests to his competence as a dressmaker.

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