Extraordinary 1968 Christian Dior Documented Gold Metallic Silk Brocade Three Piece Dress Set designer-rosie-assoulin Hand applied beads

Hand applied beads

The way it wraps and closes makes it a close cousin to the coat and it could easily be worn on its own as a dress or as a layering piece

Tiny blue glass seed beads outline the larger ones

Pinks in various shades of the softest possible glossed chenille are applied onto the silk chiffon and then eyelash gold lame worked in between

The cut is unabashedly female and chic - it has an almost dancer feel to it and you can't help but feel sexy if you can fit it

Extraordinary 1968 Christian Dior Documented Gold Metallic Silk Brocade Three Piece Dress Set designer-rosie-assoulin Hand applied beadsThis is an incredible dress set with all three original pieces that would be from when Marc Bohan was head of the Dior atelier. It is a beautiful and early example of the work being produced by Christian Dior in this time period. This is the Christian Dior London label and is considered to be demi couture from this time period of Dior's history and this set in particular is numbered. These where made for the London market based on the runway designs