Evening dress
Object type: Evening dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Pierre Balmain|House of Balmain|Halston
Artist bio: French, St. Jean de Maurienne 1914–1982 Paris|French, founded 1945|American, Des Moines, Iowa 1932–1990 San Francisco, California
Artist role: Designer|Design House|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French|American
Date: 1966
Medium: wool, plastic
Credit line: Gift of Katharine Graham, 1994
Accession year: 1994