Object: Evening dress
Retailer:
Bergdorf Goodman
(American, founded 1899)
Designer:
Pierre Balmain
(1914 - 1982)
Brand:
Balmain
(French, founded 1945)
Date: 1949
Medium: Pink and off-white satin, off-white net, taffeta, and feathers
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara Louis
Object number: 91.244.1
DescriptionLong strapless evening dress with pale pink satin corset style bodice and full skirt in off white net over taffeta, trimmed with chicken feathers at neckline and on skirt with ombré effect; cape in pale pink satin, lined in off white
Label Text:Perhaps no mid-century couturier embraced balletic influences as readily as Pierre Balmain. His effusive use of feathers as a design choice reveals his predilection for ballet. This gown, with a pink satin corset and white tulle skirt covered with curled white chicken feathers, is an ode to the ballerina-as-bird.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits
- Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse