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Day dress
Cristóbal Balenciaga for BalenciagaCirca 1968
Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Getaria , Spain
Orange wool crepe knee-length dress, sleeveless with jewel neckline. Constructed as a double dress, the deep-cut armholes reveal the inner dress. The waist of the inner dress is fitted with a belt that can also be used to cinch in the back panel. Lined with orange silk crepe. Fastens at the shoulders with hooks, and with a zip at the back of the inner bodice.
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Details
- Title: Day dress
- Creator: Cristóbal Balenciaga
- Creator Birth Date: 1895
- Creator Death Date: 1972
- Fashion House: Balenciaga
- Date Created: Circa 1968
- Location Created: París, France
- Provenance: Worn by Rachel L. Mellon.
- Type: Dress
- Photographer: Manuel Outumuro
- Original Source: CBM 2000.38
- Rights: Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
- Medium: Orange wool crepe
- Bibliographic references: Catalogue of the exhibition Tras el espejo. Moda española. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2003.
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