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Description: | Buttermilk cotton day dress woven with rows of stylised yellow and white daisies; three quarter length sleeves; square neckline; A-line skirt; side zip; 2 spearate self belts; small woven label, inner side 'Eisa' (Balenciaga). Separate self fabric matching belt.
Unsold as lot 129 in Christies 'Fashion through the ages' sale on 3.12.09.
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: cotton
Buttermilk cotton day dress woven with rows of stylised yellow and white daisies. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.68665 | Go to resource |
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