72.81.4

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Faking_It_23 Left to right 74.37.2 (dress), 2013.19.1 (red dress), 70.57.101 (coat), 97.20.1 (hat), 71.213.24 (dress), 71.265.11 (strapless dress), 72.81.4 (dress with shrug), 72.81.3 (dress partial view), 96.11.12 (coat)

Faking_It_05 Left to right 2013.19.1 (dress), 70.57.101 (coat), 97.20.1 (hat), 71.213.24 (dress), 71.265.11 (strapless dress), 72.81.4 (dress with shrug), 72.81.3 (dress partial view)

Faking_It_25 Left to right 72.81.4 (dress), 72.81.3 (white dress), 96.11.12 (coat)

Object: Evening set

Retailer: Bonwit Teller (American)

Brand: Christian Dior (French, founded 1947)

Designer: Christian Dior (1905 - 1957)

Date: c. 1955

Medium: Silk taffeta

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Doris Duke

Object number: 72.81.4

DescriptionShort, strapless evening dress of black silk taffeta; front buttons to waist over zipper; peg skirt draped to center front waist with button and looped streamers; matching shoulder shrug, draped across back, held under arms by elastic; matching belt

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