Evening dress

Cristobal Balenciaga|House of Balenciaga

Fall 1966 · (a) linen; (b) silk b) silk · Costume Institute

Balenciaga's majestic, streamlined silhouette in chlorophyll green is ever so lightly perforated with abstracted floral forms in this example of eyelet embroidery. A spring green captures the air and transparency that had punctured Edwardian spring and summer dresses. Balenciaga's modernism enables the same zephyrs of springtime.

Artist

Cristobal Balenciaga|House of Balenciaga

Date

Fall 1966

Medium

(a) linen; (b) silk b) silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. John Chambers Hughes, 1967