Model 426 ‘Belgique’

Creator

Pierre Balmain

Date

[1956]

Identifier

Avice Bowbyes Papers, MS-2226/001. Hocken Collections

Publisher

[Paris]

Abstract

This stunning gown was from Balmain’s 1955 Autumn collection. The fabric was most probably embroidered at Maison Hurel, an artisanal embroidery house established in 1879 that still operates today.

Files

Cab 8 AB3.jpg

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Citation

Pierre Balmain, “Model 426 ‘Belgique’,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed April 28, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9751.