Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1950

Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored blues and preferred pinks and fuchsias over true reds. She purchased this pale blue gown with heavy embroidery and a fuchsia sash from the well-known Paris design house of Cristobal Balenciaga.