YVES SAINT LAURENT FOR CHRISTIAN DIOR, 1956

Details

A PINK SILK TAFFETA CHINÉ GOWN
YVES SAINT LAURENT FOR CHRISTIAN DIOR, 1956
woven with blousy roses, with wrap-around sash and puff-ball skirts
labelled Christian Dior Boutique, stamped 1999203, with paper tag 54-7a, Catwalk Model 'Rosée'

Exhibited

Le Grand Tralala, Montreal, 18 April-26 May 1990, A Century of Haute Couture and Doll Collection by BillyBoy*
and Vive La France, Bloomingdales, 1989, number 52.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Compare Dior, Francois Giroud, Sacha van Dorssen, Éditions du Regard, 1987, pages 236-7, entitled 'Istambul or Sherezade.

This gown was shown on the Haute Couture catwalk, but was never produced as such but went to the boutique ateliers as a prototype.

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