Object: Evening dress
Brand:
Christian Dior
(French, founded 1947)
Designer:
Christian Dior
(1905 - 1957)
Date: Spring/Summer 1954
Medium: Silk satin with polychrome ribbon, silk floss embroidery, and rhinestones
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Despina Messinesi
Object number: 75.86.5
DescriptionStrapless evening dress in cream silk satin with polychrome ribbon and silk floss embroidery in a wheat and flower design; matching petticoat
Label Text:Flowers were a consistent theme in Christian Dior’s work, often represented by the silhouette of a dress or a floral-patterned fabric. The embroidered flowers on this dress appear to be growing around the wearer’s body: in full bloom at the top of the bodice and trailing off as vines near the hem. Dior’s expression of the overtly feminine silhouette was embraced by magazines like Vogue, whose Paris fashion editor owned this dress.
Relationships
Whole/Part
Exhibitions:
- The Body: Fashion and Physique
- Arbiters of Style
- Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies