balenciaga black dress Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr : Balenciaga, collection Haute Couture, Automne-Hiver 1951. Rare robe du soir en dentelle et soie noire. Balenciaga, Haute Couture collection, Autumn-Winter 1951. Rare evening in Casual style Velvet jersey bustier gown

Please take your measurements (instructions and printable page here)

Undergarments: Strapless bra, adhesive bra, or petals recommended

Red Dress + Black Ballet Flats If you prefer something a bit more approachable, try swapping out a pair of red ballet flats for a black pair of ballet flats

Its been amazing for us to be able to locate one, to be able to tell this really important story within the history of the little black dress. Vogue compared the dress to Henry Fords model T motor car, linking it to the idea of the democratisation of fashion, although it would still have been very expensive and only affordable to the wealthy