MO 63.1399
Embroidered Strapless Evening Dress
Oleg Cassini (American, b. France, 1913-2006)
1962
Silk chiffon; porcelain beads; rhinestones
55" center back
Pink silk chiffon strapless evening dress. This sari inspired evening dress is delicately beaded with porcelain and rhinestones. Jacqueline Kennedy had noticed a photograph of Audrey Hepburn wearing the original yellow version of the dress in the May 11, 1962 issue of Life magazine. She supplied Cassini with a sketch from which he created this version after a spring-summer 1962 model number 3786 by Hubert de Givenchy.
This gown was worn by Jacqueline Kennedy to the opening of the Mona Lisa exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 8, 1963. The First Lady also wore this dress at the White House state dinner honoring President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan of India, June 3, 1963.
National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Presidential Libraries. John F. Kennedy Library. (04/01/1985- )
Image copyright (C) John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Inc.
JFKMUS-MO-1963-1399