Ensemble: dress, jacket, and collar
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1956
- Description
Dress (a) of dark blue silk taffeta. Strapless, fitted bodice has sweetheart neckline. Bouffant skirt with pleated waistline. Falls below the knee. Jacket (b) of self-fabric. Short and fitted, with deep V-shaped neckline in front and bateau neckline in back. Short sleeves. Jacket wraps right over left and fastens with a side hook closure. Shawl collar (c) of pleated white silk organza. Detachable. Dark blue silk fabric bow at center front.
- Creator
Dior, Christian (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Ensembles (costume)
Dresses (garments)
Jackets (garments)
Collars (neckwear)
Cocktail dresses
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
Dancers
Choreographers - Location
- Paris (France)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Silk (fiber)TaffetaOrganza
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Dior, Christian (designer). Ensemble: dress, jacket, and collar. 1956. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/677. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Dior, Christian (designer), (1956) Ensemble: dress, jacket, and collar. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/677
- MLA citation style
- Dior, Christian (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/677>.