Dress (image 1) | House of Schiaparelli | French | 1932-35 | linen |  Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Accession Number: 2009.300.1859 | The blue &amp; white mottled effect on this dress is reminiscent of denim, the quintessential American fabric first worn by gold miners in the nineteenth century. It was still a relatively obscure, working-class fabric during the first half of the twentieth century, making it a witty &amp; quirky choice for a couture garment.