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 | — | 01/01/1953 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1953 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1953 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1953 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | — | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "La Cigale" | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Bagatelle" | Dior | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Red Dahlia" | Dior | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Suit | Balenciaga | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Suit | Balenciaga | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | 01/01/1957 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Ensemble | Jean Dessès | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1957 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening ensemble | — | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1957 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "The Rice Bowl Dress" | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | — | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner dress | — | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Parasol Sun Dress" | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Cocoon" | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Cossack" | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | — | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | — | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | — | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | — | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | — | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Pear Shape" | — | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Pouff" | — | 01/01/1952 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |