Evening dress
Brand
Christian Dior
(French, founded 1947)
Designer
Christian Dior
(1905 - 1957)
Spring/Summer 1954
Silk satin with polychrome ribbon, silk floss embroidery, and rhinestones
Gift of Despina Messinesi
Object number75.86.5
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.
DescriptionStrapless evening dress in cream silk satin with polychrome ribbon and silk floss embroidery in a wheat and flower design; matching petticoatExhibitions
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