Pair of Evening Shoes
ca. 1960 (made)
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Christian Dior's (1905-57) ground floor boutique at his couture house on the Avenue Montaigne, Paris, sold all the finishing touches for his outfits, from shoes, hats, gloves and jewellery to stockings and cosmetics.
These shoes would have been specially dyed to match the dress they were worn with. Dior wrote that red ‘is the colour of life. I love red and I think it suits almost every complexion. Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson, cherry are very gay and youthful.’
These shoes would have been specially dyed to match the dress they were worn with. Dior wrote that red ‘is the colour of life. I love red and I think it suits almost every complexion. Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson, cherry are very gay and youthful.’
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin |
| Brief description | Pair of silk satin evening pumps, designed by Christian Dior, Paris, ca. 1960 |
| Physical description | Pair of dark pink silk satin evening pumps with high stiletto heels. Pointed toes trimmed with a flat bows. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'CHRISTIAN DIOR PARIS NEW YORK' (Stamped on the lining) |
| Gallery label | Cocktail dress (robe de cocktail)
Christian Dior (1905–57)
London
1957
Dior always included a red dress in his collections. He wrote that red ‘is the colour of life. I love red and I think it suits almost every complexion. Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson, cherry are very gay and youthful.’ He also described bows as the ‘natural ornament’ of a dress.
Satin organza
Given by Mrs William Mann
V&A: T.235-1985
[displayed with]
Shoes
Christian Dior
Late 1950s
Satin
Given by Mrs Gloria Guinness [sic]
V&A: T.153&A-1974(22/09/2007-06/01/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by Baroness Elie de Rothschild |
| Object history | Worn and given by Baroness Elie de Rothschild, through Cecil Beaton. |
| Association | |
| Summary | Christian Dior's (1905-57) ground floor boutique at his couture house on the Avenue Montaigne, Paris, sold all the finishing touches for his outfits, from shoes, hats, gloves and jewellery to stockings and cosmetics. These shoes would have been specially dyed to match the dress they were worn with. Dior wrote that red ‘is the colour of life. I love red and I think it suits almost every complexion. Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson, cherry are very gay and youthful.’ |
| Bibliographic reference | Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
no. 321 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.153&A-1974 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2007 |
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