Spring 1961 Christian Dior Demi-Couture Pink Linen & Silk Dress Suit designer-bill-gibb acrylic silver mirror and gold

acrylic silver mirror and gold beads

It is a work of art and a true testament to Oldham's genius

It is constructed from a gorgeous custom screened stretch silk crepe that is one level up from chiffon as far its weight but has an opaqueness that a chiffon would not have

Shoulders: 23"

The design here is also a floral but a softer

Spring 1961 Christian Dior Demi-Couture Pink Linen & Silk Dress Suit designer-bill-gibb acrylic silver mirror and goldThis wonderful little dress and jacket set bears the Christian Dior New London label, making it a beautiful and early example of the Dior labels history. This is from the Spring of 1961, an important year in Dior's history as this would have been Marc Bohan's first collection for the house. The collection was called 'The Slim Look', and was noted as being a 'simple, young and streamlined style his modern take on the New Look'. You can see a striking