Dress

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This well-made dress has a distinctly militaristic appearance. More specifically, it refers to the decorative front of the Hussar uniforms, but is at the same time a very feminine dress. The military influence, especially in the second half of the nineteenth century in women's dress is very prominent.

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