HBO’s new series The Gilded Age has been on our minds lately, especially since it’s returning for a second season, and this circa 1880-1882 dinner dress captures that feeling for us:
Dinner Dress, c. 1880-1882; Metropolitan Museum of Art (C.I.63.23.2)
In terms of general style, this is almost identical to our gold brocade & blush pink dress shown above and it only shows that the dividing line between “evening dress” and “dinner dress” or “reception dress” is pretty thin. Of course, the dress could have simply been mislabeled (it happens more than one would think) but still…in the end, it can be pretty subjective and we by no means profess to have the answers, it is though-provoking.