Popover (dress)

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.^[1]

A versatile wrap dress, it could be used as a bathing suit cover-up, housedress, dressing gown, or party dress.^[2] It is iconic of the American Look (fashion movement) and could be worn for to entertain, to a party, or to cover up a swimsuit.^[2]

References

↑ Polan, Brenda; Tredre, Roger (2009). The great fashion designers (English ed.). Oxford: Berg Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 9780857851758.
1 2 "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
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

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