Mid 1950s Christian Dior London Demi-Couture Raspberry Printed Silk Coat & Dress Set designer-sarmi textured silk-cotton mix

textured silk-cotton mix

Proper Couture tags on both pieces and the coat one has its couture tape underneath numbered 173 470

The skirt is bias cut and made form a silky rayon on a deep blue

It's appeal lies in that fact that you just slip it on and the deep decolletage combined with the easy to adjust tie make it instantly flattering on just about any figure

Item# D409

Mid 1950s Christian Dior London Demi-Couture Raspberry Printed Silk Coat & Dress Set designer-sarmi textured silk-cotton mixThis dress and coat set is extraordinary. After much research I have dated it to the mid fifties while Christian Dior still presided over the house. You can see a striking similarity to the color and print in the examples shown here from the Haute Couture collections between 1954 and 1956. This is the Christian Dior London label and is considered to be demi couture from this time period of Dior's history and this set in particular is numbered. This