Evening gown
Brand
Christian Dior
(French, founded 1947)
Designer
Christian Dior
(1905 - 1957)
c. 1955
Organdy
Gift of Mr. Rodman A. Heeren
Object number70.57.51
Dior often chose subdued colors that worked to complement rather than overshadow his designs. The couturier favored black, gray, red, pink, and white. In particular, white, with its connotations of perfection, purity and cleanliness, embodies Dior's almost clinical precision in dressmaking. Pink, evoking love and romance, corresponds to the designer's other ideal - that of femininity. In the case of this ballgown, the color choice of white and the subtle use of pink sprinkled around the hemline serve to symbolize Christian Dior's image of a structurally perfected and stylized femininity.
DescriptionBall gown, strapless sheath with trumpet shaped train, in white organdy heavily embroidered with symmetrical pattern of dimensional floral appliqué