A/W 1973 Christian Dior Haute Couture Intricately Pleated Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly Bodice: 15" from shoulder to

Bodice: 15" from shoulder to waist

Reference photos: (1-2) Spring 1972 Oscar de la Renta Runway

This jacket and shell set is from the 1962 collection when Coco herself still oversaw the house and collections

flattening into perfectly even flatted tubes of fabric and then those were hand sewn into place to create that amazing design

A/W 1973 Christian Dior Haute Couture Intricately Pleated Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly Bodice: 15" from shoulder toThis Haute Couture dress by Marc Bohan for Christian Dior is wonderful. The attention to detail shown in every stitch is breathtaking and to the highest standards. A longer version with a less detailed pleat insert technique is held in the archives of The Metropolitan Museum but I prefer this version. It would have been made entirely by hand in the Dior atelier. The silk used is of the highest possible grade and the gives the dress its beautiful drape