c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini I will include it but

I will include it but it would need repairs

adding a little bit of visual interest to the black knit

museum or lover of vintage textile

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

If not for the label and slightly different grade fabrications you almost get the thought that you are handling a piece of very well made vintage Haute Couture

c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini I will include it butA 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