Object: Cocktail dress
Brand:
Christian Dior
(French, founded 1947)
Designer:
Yves Saint Laurent
(1936 - 2008)
Date: Fall 1959
Medium: Wool crepe
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Renfield
Object number: 2003.100.4
DescriptionCocktail dress in black wool crepe; halter style sheath with narrow straps, draped at CF bustline and RF hem, for asymmetrical bubble skirt effect; bodice shaped with inverted V seam, over boned net longline bra; couture
Label Text:Saint Laurent’s earliest collections for the House of Dior were widely lauded for their youthfulness and invention. Yet the designer’s innovations could sometimes have unintended consequences – his fall 1959 collection included dramatically shorter hemlines that made fashionable women furious, as they worried it made their existing wardrobes appear obsolete.
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968