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Description: | Summer sleeveless cocktail dress in dull black silk crepe; low round neck with bodice pleated in; very full pleated circular skirt; small woven label, inner side 'Eisa' (Balenciaga).
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.
Material: silk
Material: crepe
Summer sleeveless cocktail dress in dull black silk crepe. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.68663 | Go to resource |
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