Pierre Balmain en essayage avec Janine Holland, the maid of cotton (1951)

Tirage argentique d'époque, cachet de l'agence et légende contrecollée au verso. La légende de la photographie indique: "Janine Holland, 21-year-old "maid of cotton, 1951" of Houston, Texas, is shown in a cotton evening gown designed especially for her by Pierre Balmain. The American cotton queen now visitng in Paris is shown with Balmain during a final fitting. The gown is of chartreuse cotton with burgundy colored roses covering one hip."