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Dress

1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Balmain, Pierre (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Blue silk crêpe pleated dress.


Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Fashion
Object type
Dress
Materials and techniques
Silk crêpe, pleated
Silk (Textile)
Crêpe
Pleated
Brief description
Silk crêpe pleated dress, designed by Pierre Balmain, Paris, 1981
Physical description
Blue silk crêpe pleated dress.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Countess Spencer
Object history
Registered File number 1988/607. Part of an outfit T.80 to E-1988.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.80-1988

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O365739/dress-balmain-pierre/
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