c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini If not for the label

If not for the label and slightly different grade fabrications you almost get the thought that you are handling a piece of very well made vintage Haute Couture

adding a little bit of visual interest to the black knit

The skirt has a pretty fullness to it and both the lining and the exterior silk are finished at the hem with a strip of horsehair netting

small clear seed beads and the geometric zig zags created with silver tube beads

museum or lover of vintage textile

c.1953 Christian Dior Couture Silver & Sequin Fantasy Gown designer-oleg-cassini If not for the labelA similar gown from the Haute Couture collection of 1953 54 is held at The Met and we have included the photos below. You can see the similarity on line and cut. This version is perhaps slightly less dramatic in its fullness and skirting but equals that gown with its customized, hand painted fabric with its extensive sequin work. Just before listing this I had the great pleasure of having the Assistant Director from the Dior archives in Paris visit my