92. Balenciaga, Haute Couture collection, Autumn-Winter 1961. Evening dress in white silk and black Chantilly lace. Designed by Cristobal Balenciaga Strapless top on a beige muslin background, panel effect forming a mantilla or stole, scalloped lower bust with cut-out in the back, flat-pleated skirt. White signature, black graphics Identical model in the collection of the MET, New York, gift of mrs Benjamin R. Kittredge, ref. 2009.300.493. Also commissioned by Madame Mona Bismarck.