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Couture Houses Ledger

The Couture Houses Ledger catalogs Costume Institute objects by fifty luxury and couture houses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, with garment family, named era, parsed collection season, materials and designer attribution, drawn from the Met Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every entry links its museum record; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
47 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/02/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectHouseDateGarment familyEraSeason
Evening dressSaint LaurentUnavailableeveningSixties—
Rain ensembleSaint LaurentUnavailabledaywearSixties—
Evening dressGrèsUnavailableeveningSixties—
Evening dressGrès01/01/1968eveningSixties—
Cocktail ensembleChanel01/01/1968daywearSixties—
Evening dressGrès01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Evening ensembleGrès01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Evening ensembleGrès01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Evening dressMainbocher01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Evening dressMainbocher01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Evening dressMainbocher01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Cocktail dressMainbocher01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Evening dressGivenchy01/01/1968eveningSixties—
Evening dressGivenchyUnavailableeveningSixties—
SuitGivenchy01/01/1966daywearSixties—
Evening coatGivenchy01/01/1966eveningSixties—
LoungewearGivenchy01/01/1966otherSixties—
Evening jumpsuitGivenchy01/01/1971daywearSeventies—
Evening dressGivenchy01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Evening ensembleGivenchy01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Evening ensembleGivenchy01/01/1966eveningSixties—
HatCardinUnavailableaccessoriesSixties—
EnsembleCardin01/01/1966daywearSixties—
DressCardin01/01/1966daywearSixties—
DressCardin01/01/1968daywearSixties—
SuitCardin01/01/1971daywearSeventies—
EnsembleCardin01/01/1967daywearSixties—
SuitCardinUnavailabledaywearSixties—
SuitCardin01/01/1966daywearSixties—
Dinner jacketCardinUnavailabledaywearSixties—
CoatCardinUnavailabledaywearSixties—
Evening dressCardin01/01/1971eveningSeventies—
Dance dressCardinUnavailableeveningSixties—
Evening dressCardinUnavailableeveningSixties—
Evening ensembleCardin01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Evening dressBalmain01/01/1966eveningSixties—
Evening ensembleBalmain01/01/1966eveningSixties—
CoatCourrègesUnavailabledaywearSixties—
EnsembleCourrègesUnavailabledaywearSixties—
Evening dressCourrègesUnavailableeveningSixties—
PantsuitCourrèges01/01/1968daywearSixties—
PantsuitCourrègesUnavailabledaywearSixties—
Evening dressPucci01/01/1966eveningSixties—
ShoesGucci01/01/1968footwearSixties—
ClogsFerragamo01/01/1971footwearSeventies—
EnsembleUngaroUnavailabledaywearSixties—
DressUngaro01/01/1971daywearSeventies—
EnsembleUngaro01/01/1971daywearSeventies—
DressUngaroUnavailabledaywearSixties—
DressSaint LaurentUnavailabledaywearSixtiesfall/winter