Cocktail dress

Design House House of Balenciaga French
 Designer Cristobal Balenciaga Spanish

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Inspired by the dropped waist silhouette of the 1920s, Balenciaga's chemise quickly became the sack with midsection fluidity and fullness in contrast to its hobbled hemline. Its iconoclasm of nullifying the waist was controversial. Even an "I Love Lucy" episode featured Lucy and Ethel in Paris donning the faux chic of burlap sacks first as style victims and then as style leaders. Balenciaga disdained the popular and journalistic appellation of the sack.

Cocktail dress, House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), silk, French

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Cocktail dress, House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), silk, French
Cocktail dress, House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), silk, French
Cocktail dress, House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), silk, French
Cocktail dress, House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), silk, French

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