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Day Dress
Pierre Balmain for Balmain1972/1972
Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand
This simple dress is charming, but lacks Balmain’s usual masterly touches. It may represent one of his first attempts to work with the northeastern Thai village ikat that became a signature fabric for Her Majesty, when he was just beginning to explore the fabric’s design potential.
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Details
- Title: Day Dress
- Creator: Pierre Balmain
- Creator Birth Date: 1914
- Creator Death Date: 1982
- Fashion House: Balmain
- Date Created: 1972/1972
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Type: Dress
- Rights: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
- Medium: Silk ikat (mat mii)
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