of the success of my ballets to those that she has dressed." Karinska collaborated with Balanchine on seventy-five ballets in all. The first ballet she made for Balanchine from her own designs was Bourrée Fantasque in 1949. In 1956, for Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Karinska created the knee-length chiffon ballet dress, which has also become a standard design for ballet costumes. And in 2014, her costumes were recreated for a production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream when the original source of gold trim was found by Marc Happel, the NYC Ballet costume director, in the original shop Tinsel Trading, whose owner's grandfather had supplied Karinska in 1933. The Smithsonian has one of her other costume gowns on display. Honoring memory In 1995, New York Public Library held an exhibition of the work on Ballanchine and Karinska's Nutcracker, now visible online. In 1999, Karinska was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame. In 2015, Kharkiv (Ukraine), named Barbara Karinska street (see image) in the Kyivskyi District (previously named after Marcel Cachin). Notes External links Costumes by Karinska by Toni Bentley, Lincoln Kirstein Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc. 192 pages, 242 illus. (including 78 in color) September 1995 Memories of Madame Karinska by Allegra Kent Dance Magazine October 1, 2003 New York City Ballet website NY Times obituary by Anna Kisselgoff, October 19, 1983 Barbara Karinska Collection at Ailina Dance Archives Winter Wonderland: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker@ Section 7 - Barbara Karinska at the New York Public Library Costume designers Ballet designers 1886 births 1983 deaths Best Costume Design Academy Award winners New York City Ballet Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Artists from Kharkiv People from Kharkov Governorate Artists from New York City National University of Kharkiv alumni People from Sandisfield, Massachusetts Ukrainian women Ukrainian embroiderers