78.147.7

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Night and Day_29 Left to right 88.72.3 (suit), 84.114.6 (black dress), 78.147.7 (dress), 75.156.1 (suit and blouse), 81.24.9 (pantsuit hidden), 2000.8.1 (dress), 76.13.7F (textile wall), 90.170.22 (bag case), 2007.46.79 (hat case), 71.254.136 (bag case)

Object: Evening dress

Brand: Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer: Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)

Date: c. 1960

Medium: Silk

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. H. J. Heinz II

Object number: 78.147.7

DescriptionLong sleeveless evening dress in light aqua blue silk self patterned with deeper aqua dots; bateau neck, with open back; fitted bodice, straightline skirt gathered into waist seam, cutaway hem with curved CF notch

Label Text:The stark modernism of this evening dress is tempered by the youthful polka dot textile. Balenciaga’s soft columnar silhouette is flattering to many body types and requires no understructure to retain its form. The back neckline is cut away into a low curve and the front hem rises in a corresponding shape, creating the illusion that the dress is floating.

Exhibitions:

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