1960s Pierre Balmain Knit Lurex Pom Pom Mini Dress designer-vivienne-westwood These create a beautiful grid

These create a beautiful grid or checked feel

This is a rare and stunning example of the high deco period and would have originated in France

The sleeves are show stoppers - each trails down dramatically past the hip and are left open along the entire inner sleeve

Natural Waist: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam

A repair has been made along the back neckline and there is some shattering near the hook and eye at the front

1960s Pierre Balmain Knit Lurex Pom Pom Mini Dress designer-vivienne-westwood These create a beautiful gridFor a very short period of time during the late 1960s and into the very early 1970s the house of Balmain had a wonderful line of knits 'Les Tricots Pierre Balmain Paris' that was their answer the the more casual needs of women of that era. The great lines and aesthetic of the house was still there and they were, like this one, more often glittering, lame infused affairs that were more 'over the top' then they were casual. Which is, of course, why they