1960s Eisa Balenciaga Haute Couture White Cotton Dress Suit 1940s_coat As with most garments of

As with most garments of this age

the dress is fully lined in the finest quality red acetate fabric with a white grosgrain waist shaper

It is made up of folded velvet ribbon in wide bands made into a circular hat topper

The skirt is cut in a classic A line shape with a central back pleat to create volume and movement

all four pieces have survived and this set includes

1960s Eisa Balenciaga Haute Couture White Cotton Dress Suit 1940s_coat As with most garments ofThis elegant haute couture ensemble was made during the very early 1960s by Cristbal Balenciaga at his Spanish atelier and hence is labelled Eisa. Cristbal opened his first fashion house in San Sebastin, Spain, in 1917 and choose to honour his mother, a seamstress, by calling his house Eisa, a shortened version of his mothers maiden name Eisaguirre. He moved to Paris during the Spanish civil war and but later reopened and managed Eisa himself with the