2005.23.1

Images (9)

Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right: 2007.46.39 (black evening dress), 99.83.9 (corset evening ensemble), 2021.53.34 (red dress), 2001.45.1(black leather dress), 2008.60.1 (black one shoulder dress), 2005.23.1 (graffiti knit dress), 2019.21.1 (jacket), 2016.113.1 (red puffer coat)

Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right: 2008.60.1 (black one shoulder dress), 2005.23.1 (graffiti knit dress), 2019.21.1 (jacket), 2016.113.1 (red puffer coat)

RetroSpective_08 Left to right 88.12.1 (suit), 2005.23.1 (dress), 85.84.2 (leggings), 2004.42.3B (textile wall)

RetroSpective_44 Left to right 89.198.2 (dress hidden), 2010.64.1 (tape measure dress), 73.1.1007 (textile case), 87.119.6 (belt case), P93.12.5 (textile wall), 88.25.3 (paper dress hidden), 99.91.1 (paper dress), 2005.58.2 (denim and black dress), 81.48.2 (chain mail dress), 80.200.4, 2010.68.1 (bags case), 88.12.1 (suit), 2005.23.1 (dress), 85.84.2 (leggings), 2004.42.3B (textile wall), 93.70.1 (ensemble), 98.59.4, 89.69.24 (shoes case), 2013.6.1 (ensemble)

First_Rotation_040 Left to right 81.69.20 (hat), 94.67.1 (hat), 73.6.406 (hat), 2005.6.1B (textile wall), 2005.6.1A (textile wall), P91.26.2 (black dress), 2005.23.1 (dress)

First_Rotation_49 Left to right 86.142.3 (velvet coat), 72.81.23 (coat), 81.69.20 (hat), 94.67.1 (hat), 73.6.406 (hat), 2005.6.1B (textile wall), 2005.6.1A (textile wall), P91.26.2 (black dress), 2005.23.1 (dress)

RetroSpective_50 Left to right 88.12.1 (suit), 2005.23.1 (dress), 85.84.2 (leggings), 2004.42.3B (textile wall), 93.70.1 (ensemble), 98.59.4, 89.69.24 (shoes case), 2013.6.1 (ensemble)

Object: Dress

Brand: Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer: Nicolas Ghesquière (born 1971)

Date: Fall 2004

Medium: Printed canvas, wool or cotton knit

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Balenciaga

Object number: 2005.23.1

DescriptionRed, yellow and black Graffiti mini dress with black and white striped knit asymmetrically pieced with printed canvas

Label Text:Nicholas Ghesquière was born in 1971, a year before Cristobal Balenciaga died. He presented his first ready-to-wear collection for the house of Balenciaga in 1997 and was quickly identified as one of the most important and directional fashion designers working today. Although his work is contemporary and appropriates elements from contemporary culture, as seen in the graffiti design on this dress, he also borrows from the Balenciaga vocabulary. The carefully constructed dress with its asymmetrical neckline harkens back to the elder couturier's heyday. Ghesquiere's successful blending of his own ideas with the Balenciaga-esque has been an exemplary model for the current revival of historic fashion houses.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies
RetroSpective
Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation