1950s Christian Dior Numbered Dress designer-john-galliano Item# E432

Item# E432

The skirt is long and a master class lesson in pleat work

Waist: 12-15" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

2010 first issue Kelly en Perle screened on vintage silk

This dress is being featured in an editorial for a magazine that I will be able to tell you about soon

1950s Christian Dior Numbered Dress designer-john-galliano Item# E432This is an amazing mid fifties numbered silk Christian Dior London dress that was sold through Holt Renfrew. The dress is so representative of that time period for the house of Dior. The "New Look" was in full swing and the excessive use of fabric and the full skirted silhouette is presented beautifully in this dress. The shawl or portrait collar is expansive and covers the entire shoulder in notes for other shawled collared dress The Met comments "A