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- Dress
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- circa 1955
- Dress made for and worn by donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe) when she was United Sates Ambassador to Italy, 1953-1957.
- Dress with wrap
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- 1961
- Worn by Mrs. George Connor. Worn for the last time by model Shelley MacArthur in 1985 Chicago Historical Society Donor's Ball Fashion Show.
- Ensemble: dress and detachable cape
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- 1948
- Worn by donor, Mrs. Albert H. Newman, née Muriel Kallis.
- Ensemble: dress and jacket
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- circa 1955
- Made for and worn by the donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe), when she was made a Dame of the Knights of Malta.
- Ensemble: dress and vest
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- 1966
- Worn by donor, Mrs. William McCormick Blair Jr., who purchased the dress for $2,125 and wore this Balenciaga evening gown to an opening of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Overcoat
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- circa 1950
- Worn by the donor.
- Overcoat
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- 1950
- Worn by Kathleen Catlin, née Kathleen Tharaldsen. Cristbal Balenciaga appealed primarily to connoisseurs of fashion who understood his style of avant garde classicism. One of Balenciaga's most successful 1950 designs, this wrap appeared in...