Evening Dress
1972 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| 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. |
| Dimensions | Approx. size 10 |
| Production type | Haute 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 |
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| Accession number | T.312 to B-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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