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Black knee length dress with wide sweetheart neck, bow, and short sleeves
cocktail dress
Black knee length dress with wide sweetheart neck, bow, and short sleeves
Cocktail dress
Brand (French, founded 1947)
Designer (1936 - 2008)
Spring 1958
Wool
France
Gift of Sally Cary Iselin
Object number71.213.30
After the death of Christian Dior in 1957, Yves Saint Laurent was appointed head designer of France’s leading couture house. Saint Laurent’s first collection brought to Dior a new, more youthful silhouette, a “swinging shape” called the Trapeze.
DescriptionBlack wool trapeze line dress; wide modified sweetheart neck with self bow, short kimono sleeves, below knee length with soft flare; loosely shaped back
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