Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress. Right - Dorian Leigh

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Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh
Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga  (Spring 1951). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by his Spanish  heritage, Balenciaga reinterpreted a flamenco dancer's full, flounced dress.  Right - Dorian Leigh

Left - Dress, Overdress, Bustle, and Petticoat, Cristóbal Balenciaga