Fall 1980 Christian Dior True Haute Couture Two Piece Silk & Silk Velvet Dress designer-maggy-rouff The halter part ties at

The halter part ties at the back of the neck

in December of 1979

The silk layers underneath are all cut on the bias and this gives it a lovely movement and makes it very comfortable to wear once on the body

Stripes ruled the runway for his spring 1976 collection and it was in this collection

Following the scoop of the back is a silk chiffon train that flows down past the hem

Fall 1980 Christian Dior True Haute Couture Two Piece Silk & Silk Velvet Dress designer-maggy-rouff The halter part ties atThis gorgeous dress from the last years of Marc Bohan's grand career as head of Dior is from the Fall 1980 collection. In the book Dior; Catwalk, the notes on the fall collection state that the collection notes read that; "Bohan was inspired by 'Baroque fancies and pre Raphaelite chinoiserie'." and that "the designer created 'sinuous and subble bias cut evening dresses pleated 'a la Fortuny". This dress has the added provenance of having been photoed