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Cocktail Dress
Pierre Balmain for Balmain1961
Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand
Lace was a popular material for cocktail and evening wear in the early and mid-1960s and Her Majesty wore it often, in both plain and heavily embellished versions.
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Details
- Title: Cocktail Dress
- Creator: Pierre Balmain
- Creator Birth Date: 1914
- Creator Death Date: 1982
- Fashion House: Balmain
- Manufacturer: House of Lesage
- Date Created: 1961
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Type: Dress
- Rights: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
- Medium: Silk georgette and crepe under cotton lace with bead embroidery and silk satin sash.
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