Déshabillé

Cristóbal Balenciaga for Balenciaga 1955

Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Getaria, Spain

Long, with a short train at the back. Front button closure and turndown collar. Three-quarter sleeves gathered at the cuffs. The back is gathered at the centre below the neckline. Pleats cascade down the back, creating volume very much like the 18th-century déshabillé.

Details

Title: Déshabillé
Creator: Cristóbal Balenciaga
Creator Birth Date: 1895
Creator Death Date: 1972
Fashion House: Balenciaga
Date Created: 1955
Location Created: San Sebastián, Spain
Provenance: Worn by Mona Bismarck.
Season: Winter 1955
Type: Déshabillé
Photographer: Manuel Outumuro
Original Source: CBM 2000.71
Rights: Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Medium: Fuchsia gros of Naples
Bibliographic references: Catalogue of the exhibition Mona Bismarck, Balenciaga, Cecil Beaton. Paris: Mona Bismarck Foundation, 1994.

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