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Evening dress

Pierre Balmain (Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Francia) 1914 - Parigi 1982)

Date
1970
Technique
Silk muslin; ostrich feathers
Inventory
TA 13132

Long pleated orange silk muslin evening dress decorated with matching ostrich feathers.

After training in the prestigious Paris ateliers of Robert Piguet (1898-1953), Edward Molyneux (1891-1974) and Lucien Lelong (1889 -1958), where he worked alongside Christian Dior (1905- 1957), Pierre Balmain founded his own maison in 1945. At once a perfectionist and an experimenter, his work is remarkable for its purity of line and its occasionally bold combinations.

Donated by Cecilia Matteucci Lavarini, 2018

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