#Christian Dior vintage

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Christian Dior s/s 2000 rtw Creative Director John Galliano  Newest Cool

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Dior ‘Flamant Rose’ gown, 1948

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Irving Penn - Christian Dior Ad (Vogue 1981)

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John Galliano for Christian Dior: Spring/Summer (1998) model: Shirley Mallman

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~ Vénus: Autumn/Winter, Milieu du siècle collection.

Designer/Maker: Christian Dior; embroidery by Maison Rébé; authorized copy made by Nanty Frocks, New York

Place of origin: Designed in Paris, produced in New York

Date: 1949-1950

Medium: Viscose (rayon) tulle with pearlised paillettes and sequins

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“Autriche” from the Longue Collection

Christian Dior

Autumn/Winter 1951-1952

Royal Ontario Museum (Object number: 2015.90.1.1)

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Evening dress "Venus" by Christian Dior, 1949 ©Laziz Hamani

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Christian Dior Fall Couture 1997

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Yves Saint Laurent S/S 1999 haute couture…..i think about this look a lot

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Christian Dior Fall 2007 Couture

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inbal dior wedding gown

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Christian Dior by John Galliano F/W 2000 Sheer Leopard Fringe Tank Top & Cardigan

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Guy Bourdin - Christian Dior Ad (Vogue Paris 1969)

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Kerry Taylor: ‘Vintage Fashion & Couture: From Poiret to McQueen’ (2017)

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• Lily of the Valley Necklace.

Maker: Maison Gripoix for Christian Dior

Place of origin: Paris, France

Date: 1950

Medium: Gilt metal, green and white handmade glass paste.

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Custom Dress worn by Elaine Roebuck to her Bat Mitzvah

Christian Dior

Spring 1957

“It all started when I was twelve years old and I wanted a bat mitzvah. My father said absolutely not — girls didn’t have bat mitzvahs in those days,” Roebuck tells me. “My mother rallied for me and finally my father said OK. The next thing I knew, we were on the train to Montreal to look at my dress.”

The dress in question is a silk organdy masterpiece custom designed by Monsieur Christian Dior himself. Dior did not design for children back in ‘57, but he made an exception. “Not just anyone could go in and say ‘whip me up a dress for my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah’ – that wasn’t their business,” says Dr. Alexandra Palmer, the museum’s senior fashion curator. But that’s just what Elaine’s mother, the late Molly Roebuck, did. “She had a motto: If you’re going to do something, you better do it right,” says her daughter. “And in her mind, Dior was just right.” Likely, the exception was made on account of Dior’s relationship with Holt Renfrew, the prestigious high-end retailer with exclusive rights to his collection in Canada back when it launched.

So, with the help of her friend, buyer Betty Macpherson, Roebuck commissioned the dress in Paris. It was to be modest, but fantastical enough for such a special night. After a few months of trading sketches with Dior himself, the muslin models arrived in Montreal, where Dior’s pieces were made-to-measure for the Canadian market. “The dress was dreamlike and it made me think, or maybe even feel, like a princess,” says Roebuck. The end result was a full-skirted silk organdy cocktail dress with daffodil embroidery. As it was a one off, the fabric never appeared in Dior’s collections. “I knew the dress was special, but at the same time, I didn’t think I was different from any of my friends,” she says. (Teen Vogue)

Royal Ontario Museum (Object number: 2013.68.14.1-2)