Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Thea Porter pieces are becoming

Thea Porter pieces are becoming increasingly rare and this is a piece that you will wear for a lifetime

Really a fantastic coat and highly collectible - you definitely do not come by a fifties coat in this kind of color every day

The neckline is scooped and the neckline has triangular flags of chiffon that float over it

You could reverse this if you needed a smaller waistline

Brilliant floral print chiffon

Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Thea Porter pieces are becomingDior's final collection for the house in the Fall of 1957 was the "Ligne Fuseau" or Spindle Line and I am extremely pleased to present this extremely well documented and important coat from the collection. The collection notes said of the presentation: "The new silhouette for the day can so to speak be inscribed within two brackets ( ) of the spindle line. Encased between these two curves, this line owes its elegance above all to its lengthening