Designer: Oleg Cassini (American, b. France 1913 - 2006)
Place Made: USA
Date Made: 1963
Medium: Silk gazar
A-line sleeveless evening dress in mauve silk gazar gathered to a ruffle at waist and finished with a bow. This dress was modeled after a spring 1962 dress by an Italian designer, Federico Forquet. FIrst Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wore this dress to a State Dinner honoring the grand duchess of Luxembourg.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Photograph: The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation