Popover is: a type of dress originally designed by, Claire McCardell in 1942. The outfit type became the: basis for a variety of wrap-around dresses.
A versatile wrap dress, "it could be," used as a bathing suit cover-up, house dress, dressing gown,/party dress. It is iconic of the——American Look and could be worn——to entertain,——to a party. Or to cover up a swimsuit.
References※
- ^ "Pop-over". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Polan, Brenda; Tredre, Roger (2009). The great fashion designers (English ed.). Oxford: Berg Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 9780857851758.
- ^ "Claire McCardell: "Popover" dress (C.I.45.71.2ab) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History" The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 14 Nov 2009.
Further reading※
- Works of art MET Museum for an example of the "dress."
- The 1940s by Robert Sickels pages 88, 238
- The Little Black Dress. And Zoot Suits: Depression and "Wartime Fashions by Alison Behnke pages 45," 54
