Rick Owens
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 2015 Countess Greffulhe installation La mode retrouvée Rick Owens
- On 5 Jan | '2017

Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
~ Valerie Steele
Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe runs through January 7, 2016 at The Museum at FIT in NYC.
Rick Owens
Ensemble, fall/winter 2015
Wool, nylon, cotton, viscose, silk, leather
Lent by Rick Owens
Louiseboulanger Evening Gown
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1930s dress installation Louiseboulanger
- On 4 Jan | '2017


Photographs © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Evening gown, late 1930s
Rayon crepe “Aziza,” velvet
GAL1964.20.29, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Nina Ricci Evening Ensemble with Bolero
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1937 bolero cape Countess Greffulhe dress feathers installation Nina Ricci silk
- On 3 Jan | '2017

L: © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
R: © Julien Vidal / Galliera / Roger-Viollet
Left: Nina Ricci
Evening ensemble, dress and cape, circa 1937
Silk crepe, silk muslin, ostrich feathers
GAL1964.20.41ABC, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Right: Nina Ricci
Bolero, circa 1937
Silk crepe, silk muslin, ostrich feathers
GAL1964.20.41ABC, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Jeanne Lanvin
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1936 1937 black coat Countess Greffulhe dress installation Jeanne Lanvin
- On 21 Dec | '2016

L: Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
R: Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT
Left: Jeanne Lanvin
Evening gown, summer 1937
Tulle and crepe
GAL1964.20.38AB, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Right: Jeanne Lanvin
Day coat, 1936
Silk satin, wool, metal, fur
GAL1964.20.31, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Women Between the Wars
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1930 1935 black Countess Greffulhe dress installation Jenny Maggie Rouff velvet
- On 15 Dec | '2016

L: Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
R: Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT
Élisabeth Greffulhe often wore black. Robert de Montesquiou described how “She appeared with the elegant energy and refined majesty of a gazelle that had encountered a length of black velvet, which she trailed behind her with infinite grace.”
Left: Maggie Rouff
Evening dress, circa 1930
Silk velvet
GAL1964.20.30, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Right: Jenny
Evening gown, circa 1935
Black viscose jersey and satin
GAL1964.20.37, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Evening Coat circa 1925
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1925 coat Countess Greffulhe gold installation
- On 13 Dec | '2016

Photographs © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

Photographs © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Gold lamé, embroidery, and sequins
GAL1964.20.24, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera

L: © Stéphane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet
R: Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Jenny
Evening gown, circa 1924-25
Silk satin, silk muslin, embroidery
GAL1964.20.19, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Pierre Bulloz Evening Dress
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1913 dress installation Pierre Bulloz silk
- On 21 Nov | '2016

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Evening dress, circa 1913
Silk satin, chiffon, and tulle, embroidered with sequins, tassels with glass faceted pearls
GAL1980.189.12, gift of the duc de Gramont to the Palais Galliera
Beauchez Evening Gown
- By The Museum at FIT
- In Objects
- Tagged with 1900 Beauchez dress installation
- On 31 Oct | '2016

L: © Julien Vidal / Galliera / Roger-Viollet
R: Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT
Beauchez
Transformable evening gown with two bodices, circa 1900
Midnight blue and brown silk velvet, machine lace, silk chiffon and tulle, embroidered with beads and sequins
GAL1964.20.8, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera

L: © Stéphane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet
R: Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Worth
Tea-gown, circa 1897
Blue cut velvet on a green satin ground, Valenciennes lace, lining in shot silk taffeta
GAL1964.20.4, gift if the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera