Object: Evening dress
Brand:
Balenciaga
(French, founded 1937)
Designer:
Cristóbal Balenciaga
(1895 - 1972)
Date: c. 1957
Medium: Black net lace, black silk crepe, and pink satin ribbon
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Estate of Ann E. Woodward
Object number: 87.158.2
DescriptionSleeveless black net lace cocktail dress with open round neck and triple scalloped hem ruffle; black silk crepe camisole style slip; bright pink satin ribbon sash; couture
Label Text:Cristóbal Balenciaga introduced his “baby doll” dress style in 1957. Its basic design consisted of a body-skimming slip worn beneath a loose lace outer dress, sometimes cinched at the waist with a ribbon.
Exhibitions:
- Seduction
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968