• Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Charles James, 1936.

  • Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Image Credit: (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Millicent Huttleston Rogers, 1949 (2009.300.754)

    Charles James’ muslin evening dress, 1947.

  • Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Ballgowns by James, 1948.

  • Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Image Credit: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Cecil Beaton / Vogue / Condé Nast Archive. Copyright (c) Condé Nast

    Charles James with a model, 1948.

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    Image Credit: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by John Rawlings / Vogue / Condé Nast Archive. Copyright (c) Condé Nast

    Babe Paley in one of the couturier’s gowns, 1950.

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    Image Credit: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Michael A. Vaccaro / LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Look Job 52-1129 Frame-18

    Charles James, 1952.

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    Austine Hearst in Charles James’ Four-Leaf Clover Gown, circa 1953.

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    Nancy James in Charles James’ Butterfly Gown, 1954.

  • Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Image Credit: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Cecil Beaton, The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's

    Nancy James in Charles James’ Butterfly Gown, 1955.

  • Charles James Costume Institute WWD 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Image Credit: (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jean de Menil, 1959 (2009.300.832)

    Charles James’ “Diamond” evening dress, 1957.

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