Live Auction 3139Fashion
A BLACK VELVET AND RED SILK GOWN AND BOLERO
Lot 66

A BLACK VELVET AND RED SILK GOWN AND BOLERO

CHRISTIAN DIOR, EARLY 1950S

Closed1 December 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A BLACK VELVET AND RED SILK GOWN AND BOLERO
CHRISTIAN DIOR, EARLY 1950S
the black velvet with sequin inserts, overlaid on scarlet silk, the bodice with integral corset, the skirt full with tulle underskirt, with zipped fastening at the back, the jacket with cap sleeves, trimed with sequins
labelled Christian Dior Original, Made in U.S.A., Christian Dior New York Inc

Specialist note

As seen in Vanity Fair's On Couture Supplement, reproduced on pages 26-7.