Runway Spring 1994 Balmain by Oscar de La Renta Haute Couture Baby Blue Corset Dress Platinum with a form fitting empire

with a form fitting empire waisted top

The Miu Miu girl

They drop right past the hip at the their longest points and they give the dress that wonderful dramatic feel while playing homage to the trip to Japan that led her to the Lilies print and the culture there that she fell in love with

This extends down past the hem for a slight trailing effect

It has short capped sleeves and it buttons down the front to close

Runway Spring 1994 Balmain by Oscar de La Renta Haute Couture Baby Blue Corset Dress Platinum with a form fitting empireIn 1993 Oscar de la Renta took over as Creative Director at Balmain where he designed the Haute Couture collections until 2002. The house had been floundering at that point and he had a huge impact on the reviving the sales of the couture pieces, mainly by catering to private clients, much like Balmain had originally. It is extraordinary to think that Oscar never produced a Haute Couture line under his own label and these few short years at Balmain