Ball dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2020.5.29.9ad.CW.DR.C1950.FR
Authors:
House of Dior (French, founded 1946)
Christian DIOR (French, 1905 - 1957)
Description
Couture 4-piece pale celadon silk ball gown: strapless gown, 1 belt with buckle, 1 belt with attached bow and  1 long panel/stole. Pleated panel at chest line, boned mesh bodice lining & organdy skirt lining.
Materials
Silk
Organdy
Origin
circa 1950 France (design), New York, United States (made)

Exhibition History
• 2021.10.20–2021.11.17. ‘Christian Dior Woman. 1947–1988.’ Shopping centre Akropolis Exhibition hall, Kaunas, Lithuania.