Object: Evening coat
Retailer:
Macy's Little Shops
Designer:
Cristóbal Balenciaga
(1895 - 1972)
Date: 1955-1956
Medium: Silk damask
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Roz Gersten Jacobs
Object number: 96.11.12
Descriptionred and black floral silk damask evening coat with elbow length dolman sleeves, roll collar with attached self tie, cape style fullness, calf length
Label Text:Macy’s Little Shops used the structure of silk satin to give this line-for-line copy of an evening coat its voluminous shape, just as Cristóbal Balenciaga had done when he created the original. The Macy’s version was executed using a bonded couture sample. Bonded models allowed department stores to temporarily import samples and avoid paying an exorbitant duty of 70%.
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Exhibitions:
- Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits