Blouse

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2023.7.21.9.CW.TO.C1985.IT
Author:
House of Valentino (Italian, founded 1960)
Description
Women's hip-length fuchsia silk blouse with a short black velvet collar and fifteen velvet covered buttons. The sleeves are attached to the waist, and finished with black velvet button-closing wrists.

This garment is part of donation made by Russian ballet dancer and actress Galina PANOVA (born in 1950). She has had an international career, dancing with Kirov Ballet, London Festival Ballet and Berlin Ballet among others. Mrs Panova now lives in United States where she teaches on the ballet faculty at East Carolina University.
Materials
Silk
Velvet
Origin
circa 1985 Italy
Related objects
Portrait of Galina PANOVA
Blouse
Jacket
Exhibition History
• 2024.11.01–2025.04.27. ‘From Fortuny to Versace. 100 Years of Italian Fashion. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Castle Fall, Keila-Joa, Estonia.