BALENCIAGA, Paris (couture house), Cristóbal BALENCIAGA (designer)

Evening dress
1956 {autumn-winter 1956–57}

CAP Boots ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer); Sarah BURTON (designer) Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Nova shoes UNITED NUDE (shoemaker); Rem D. KOOLHAAS (designer); Zaha HADID (designer) Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Top COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Dress JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer) Skirt ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN The victory of faith St George HARE Calvary FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of) FRAGMENT Rembrandt REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn; REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (studio of) (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)