Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand There is slight fading to

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Unlined and slips on to wear with elastic that runs through the waist

Closes with a double hand set back metal zipper (one on each layer) and buttons with proper finished button holes at the cuffs

Beautiful lilies are hand painted over the surface as well as the field of lilies text that this collection is famous for

The dress is sculpted to the body with vertical seaming that curves the dress around the bust

Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand There is slight fading toThe Fall 1958 season was Yves Saint Laurent's second collection for the house of Dior. It was titled the 'Line Courbe Silhouette en Arc' which translates to Curved Line Arched Silhouette. In the book 'Dior Catwalk' they have abnb excerpt from the original show notes that explain the inspiration behind the silhouettes on the show. They stated that 'The structure of this season's fashions is inspired by one of the fundamental lines of architecture,