A PALE GREEN SILK GAZAR EVENING GOWN WITH TIE BELT

A similar déshabillé robe in pink cloqué silk is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number C.165.277, dated 1962, gifted to the Museum in 1965 by Mrs Charles B Wrightsman. The tag number of the Metropolitan's gown is 24699, suggesting the present gown is slightly earlier.

Audrey is quoted as saying a Givenchy déshabillé is 'what I wear most in the evening when I'm working all day; it's a permissible dressing gown but elegant. I come home, have my bath, and put it on. Whether we have guests or not, I'm dressed.' The Givenchy Idea', (Paris) Vogue, 1963.