May 6, 2010 – August 17, 2010
Château de Haroué, France’s Lorraine region, near Nancy

To feel like a modern day princess this is one exhibit you cannot miss. Hubert de Givenchy has curated an exhibit of the late Christobal Balenciaga’s gowns. Many of these gowns were especially made for his premier clients. “It will be a modest exhibition, but it will include the most magical gowns ever made, like the historical wedding dress Balenciaga made for Queen Fabiola of Belgium,” enthused Hubert de Givenchy, curator of this upcoming fashion exhibit. This exhibit will be held at the Château de Haroué, an 18th-century castle built and still owned by the Beauvau-Craon family in France’s Lorraine region, near Nancy.

On display will be a total of 45 dresses. The Givenchy archives and a Madrid museum lent Givenchy dresses he made for Audrey Hepburn; Philippe Venet got some from his clients, and Bunny Mellon lent a lot of her Balenciaga gowns. Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery will publish a 144-page book at Flammarion especially for the occasion.