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c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini His fascination and facility with

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His fascination and facility with fabric led him first to the manufacture of unique and beautiful fashion accessories

simultaneously called up the designer's rebel-British background and his landmark Asylum collection while also catching a likeness to the modest head coverings seen in Northern European medieval portraiture

It is seamed to perfection - I love the little curved seams that sit on the side of the skirt in particular

A soft pleat has been worked into each hip and these gently open to give the volume the skirt has

The skirt has a pretty fullness to it and both the lining and the exterior silk are finished at the hem with a strip of horsehair netting

c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini His fascination and facility withA similar gown from the Haute Couture collection of 1953 54 is held at The Met and we have included the photos below. You can see the similarity on line and cut. This version is perhaps slightly less dramatic in its fullness and skirting but equals that gown with its customized, hand painted fabric with its extensive sequin work. Just before listing this I had the great pleasure of having the Assistant Director from the Dior archives in Paris visit my

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