Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand The dress is sculpted to

The dress is sculpted to the body with vertical seaming that curves the dress around the bust

It is wonderful and with all those 1950s details that makes pieces from this time period so very special

Closes with a double hand set back metal zipper (one on each layer) and buttons with proper finished button holes at the cuffs

This is from the Spring of 1961

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

Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand The dress is sculpted toThe 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,