Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa

Balenciaga Paris, 1960. 

Déshabillé in yellow faille with floral-motif embroidery in purple chenille thread. 

 

Cristóbal Balenciaga covered many of his most stunning creations with exquisitely embroidered motifs, the work of the finest craftsmen in Paris. Historic masters of embroidery such as Lesage, Mesrine and Rébé habitually supplied the Balenciaga house.