Evening dress

Design House House of Balmain French
 Designer Pierre Balmain French

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Balmain offers two motifs in one: both the tumbling cascade of tendril-twisted tiny flowers and the buoyant garlands of flowers blown open with serrated petals. These principal flowers are embroidered facsimiles of blooms seen in glazed tiles and cloisonné enamels.

Evening dress, House of Balmain (French, founded 1945), silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins, French

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Evening dress, House of Balmain (French, founded 1945), silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins, French
Evening dress, House of Balmain (French, founded 1945), silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins, French
Evening dress, House of Balmain (French, founded 1945), silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins, French
Evening dress, House of Balmain (French, founded 1945), silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins, French

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