Balenciaga dress in stretch fabric Black In 1950 Cristobal Balenciaga designed this ballet inspired evening dress as a part of the F W couture collection. It was subsequently produced at the ateliers of Hattie Carnegie in New York. This Sack" dress by Cristbal Balenciaga, August, 1957. Wool crepe.In the mid 1950s Balenciaga created flawlessly cut clothing with loose, stand away backs and fitted fronts. He introduced the sack dress, a shapeless shift, Calvin Klein Slim Fit Suit Pants Navy Editorialist