Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand Item# DD2789

Item# DD2789

It is backed in Muslin to give it a little weight but not to feel cumbersome to the wearer - this allows it to hold the almost sculptural shape better

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

This is from the Spring of 1961

There is slight discoloration under the bust area of the inner silk but it only on the interior

Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand Item# DD2789The 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,