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Evening Dress

1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Summer evening suit comprising a jacket, skirt and bodice. Embroidered white silk gazar jacket with purple, green, white and blue trailing floral design with bead accents, worn over a knife-pleated white silk georgette skirt which has a matching one-shouldered sleeveless bodice in pleated silk georgette to enable it to be worn as an evening dress.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Jacket
  • Skirt
  • Bodice
Materials and techniques
Embroidered silk gazar and knife-pleated georgette, lined
Brief description
Evening suit comprising a jacket, skirt and bodice of embroidered silk gazar and georgette, designed by Jorn Langberg for Christian Dior London Ltd., London, 1972
Physical description
Summer evening suit comprising a jacket, skirt and bodice. Embroidered white silk gazar jacket with purple, green, white and blue trailing floral design with bead accents, worn over a knife-pleated white silk georgette skirt which has a matching one-shouldered sleeveless bodice in pleated silk georgette to enable it to be worn as an evening dress.
DimensionsApprox. size 10
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Worn by Mrs Sarah McAlpine
Object history
Made especially for Mrs Sarah McAlpine for summer evening wear, originally as a skirt and jacket. After Mrs McAlpine realised that she wanted to wear the jacket open and occasionally remove it when it was too warm, Dior London made an evening bodice for the skirt to enable it to be worn as an evening dress
Other number
58283 - Couture number
Collection
Accession number
T.312 to B-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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