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Evening dress | House of Dior, Christian Dior | C.I.65.14.12a,b | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Evening dress

Design House: House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

Designer: Christian Dior (French, Granville 1905–1957 Montecatini)

Date: fall/winter 1955–56

Culture: French

Medium: silk

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Benjamin, 1965

Accession Number: C.I.65.14.12a, b

Description

Exemplifying Dior's faultless minimalism of 1955, this simple black column, contrasting matte velvet against satin, anticipates a form of evening dress that has continued to the present. The stability of the off-the-shoulder neckline is accomplished by the hand shaping of the fabric rather than by any rigid understructure.

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