Medium: Grey wool knit, grey silk chiffon, metallic leather and beading

Date: c.1952

Country: France

Credit: Gift of Mrs. F. Leval

Pierre Balmain learned his craft while working for Edward Molyneux and Lucien Lelong. He opened his own house in 1945, and the following year Harper’s Bazaar editor Carmel Snow declared that Balmain was producing the “most feminine clothes in the world.”

Object Number: 84.125.7