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Description: | Sleeveless day dress in beige wool jersey; drawstring ties at neck; centre back vertical sheered band; narrow pencil skirt with attached underskirt; small woven label, inner side 'Eisa' (Balenciaga).
Unsold as lot 161 in Christies 'Fashion Through the Ages' 3.12.09 sale.
Belonged to Anne Moen Bullitt (1924-2007). Born in Paris but brought up in the States, she married 4 times. At first she bought clothes in New York, mostly from Hattie Carnegie, but her second husband, Nicholas Duke Biddle, was vice consul in the American Embassy in Madrid, giving Anne access to Balenciaga couture clothes with the Spanish name 'Eisa' operating in tandem with the Paris house. She later moved to Ireland and bought clothes by Sybil Connelly, Lanvin, YSL and others. Anne Bullitt was tiny, with an 18 inch waist, making her clothes virtually unwearable for anyone else.
Technique: machine knitted
Material: wool
Material: jersey
Sleeveless day dress in beige wool jersey. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.68660 | Go to resource |
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