Evening Dress

Pierre Balmain for Balmain1960

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand

This dress, created in spring 1960, one of the most formal Her Majesty owned, clearly shows Balmain’s love of 18th-century European modes and decoration in the style and placement of the scrolling embroidery and the gown’s wide-skirted silhouette.

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Details

Title: Evening Dress
Creator: Pierre Balmain
Creator Birth Date: 1914
Creator Death Date: 1982
Fashion House: Balmain
Manufacturer: House of Lesage
Date Created: 1960
Location Created: Paris, France
Type: Dress
Rights: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
Medium: Silk satin, crystal embroidery, iridescent-thread

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