A/W 1973 Christian Dior Haute Couture Intricately Pleated Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly It is finished with two

It is finished with two long panels of fabric that are attached at the back and then curve around the front and loop through the loop at the front center east

A metal zipper lies under the buttons at the waist as well

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

Sold as fond and if perfect would be double or more so you are getting a smoking bargain

A/W 1973 Christian Dior Haute Couture Intricately Pleated Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly It is finished with twoThis 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