Petunia pantaloons from a costume designed by Jose-Maria Sert for a female dancer in the Contre-Dance in Léonide Massine's ballet Cimarosiana, for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe (initially performed in 1920 as Act III of the opera L'Astuzie femminili, L'Astuce Feminine, Women's Wiles).
Along with ballets Diaghilev constantly presented operas when he had the resources and singers to do so. L'Astuzie femminili with music by Domenico Cimarosa was presented in the summer of 1920 when the Ballets Russes gave seasons at the Theatre National de l'opera, Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Its first performance was 27 May 1920. The entire production was by Leonide Massine and enthusiastically received.
The final scene was a danced entertainment for the wedding guests and the fourth number was the contre-danse performed by 9 couples the women in the long white coats over petunia-pink pantaloons and men in the red and blue military attire.
In 1924 The dances from the third scene set on a terrace overlooking Rome were performed as an independant divertissement (without the opera). It was first presented in Monte Carlo on 8 January 1924 under the cumbersome title Ballet de l'Astuzie femminili but by the April performances in Barcelona it became Cimarosiana. It appears that the contre-danse was enlarged to ten couples. The Contre-danse performers may be seen in the Ethelbert White print of Cimarosiana S.493-2000.

Cimarosiana became a popular ballet remaining in the repertory until the final performance by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, offering opportunities to many dancers.