As LACMA prepares for the 2026 public opening of the new David Geffen Galleries, the future home of the museum’s permanent collection spanning a breadth of eras and cultures, we’re sharing 50 iconic artworks that will be on view in the building over the next 50 weeks in the series 50 Works 50 Weeks.

Woman's Dress (Robe à l'anglaise), England, 1780–90, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

In the 1780s, with the revival in the 1780s of interest in classical antiquity and the simultaneous proliferation of washable cotton fabrics, white became highly fashionable for women.

This English-style gown (robe à l’anglaise) of white cotton embroidered in a delicate floral pattern exemplifies the simplicity of the Neoclassical style.