Rare Fall 2011 Christian Dior by John Galliano Purple Silk Satin Open Back Dress designer-victor-costa This is an amazing mid-fifties

This is an amazing mid-fifties numbered silk Christian Dior London dress that was sold through Holt Renfrew

The skirt is an unusual shape - it scoops up at the front so you get a flash of leg and then curves down and back

Unlined with ribbon finished interior seams and closes with a hook & eye at the neck

It still has a paper tag along the seam with the scribbled name of the person who would have sewn it together

It would definitely have been made for the jet set girls of the day

Rare Fall 2011 Christian Dior by John Galliano Purple Silk Satin Open Back Dress designer-victor-costa This is an amazing mid-fiftiesThis is the twin of the dress shown in the Christian Dior Pre Fall 2011 collection Lookbook. This collection was shot as a Lookbook which gives you an amazing glimpse into his styling process. At the time Dior said this of John's collection: Diors Fall ready to wear collection takes its inspiration from the legendary love affair between Mrs. Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII. English romanticism is channeled into Balmoral fringed tweeds and candy