78.75.3

Images (4)

Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right 89.163.80 (red, white, and blue suit), 82.208.11 (grey wool suit), 78.75.3 (black and white culotte dress)

Paris Refashioned_8 Left to right 82.20.1 (coat) 90.10.1 (tan coat), 76.183.11 (purple coat), P80.9.4 (blue coat), 2016.17.1 (black and pink dress), 78.75.3 (black dress), 90.188.9 (dark blue dress), 80.261.6 (red dress)

Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right: 78.75.1 (plaid coat and pattern on wall), 82.209.1 (blue suit), 2007.46.4 (houndstooth suit), 89.163.80 (red, white, and blue suit), 82.208.11 (grey wool suit), 78.75.3 (black and white culotte dress), 71.240.4 (purple evening dress), P85.89.1 (black evening dress), 91.183.16 (blue evening dress), 86.66.4 (blue evening dress and capelet)

Object: Dress

Brand: Christian Dior (French, founded 1947)

Designer: Marc Bohan (French, 1926 - 2023)

Date: Spring 1967

Medium: Wool crepe

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Wendy Jackson

Object number: 78.75.3

DescriptionA-line culotte dress in black crepe with three white bands at hem; short sleeves; CB zipper; couture

Label Text:Marc Bohan’s introduction of shorts and culottes in 1967 was a pragmatic response to the fashion for increasingly short hemlines. “Short skirts rise to the waistline when you raise your arms,” the couturier observed. Short, swinging culotte dresses were presented for all times of day.

Exhibitions:

Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies