Spring 2000 Balmain Haute Couture by Oscar de la Renta Elaborate Jacket & Matching Skirt Yellows From the waist the skirt

From the waist the skirt falls in an elegant and slim column to just past the knee

This would have been completely made by hand in the Paris ateliers

Item# DD4581

She as one of the very early boutique owner/designers that offered a ready-to-wear option in Paris

Spring 2000 Balmain Haute Couture by Oscar de la Renta Elaborate Jacket & Matching Skirt Yellows From the waist the skirtA version with a pant walked the runway for the Spring 2000 Balmain Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta. In 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