1990s John Galliano for Christian Dior Fitted Check Dress designer-adrian The inner dress is a

The inner dress is a sleek sheath of jersey that has stretch but is not fluid - it is just thick enough to define shape but not so think as to be heavy or uncomfortable - he creates structure with it while still allowing the body to be able to move freely - this was cutting edge fabric in the late 80s and early 90s - Tom Ford also used a version in some of his early Gucci collections

Extremely well made with a refined sense of glamour

This is wonderful and beautifully constructed piece made from a high grade silk taffeta in a deep deep pink with a washed floral screened pattern over it

The neckline is quite beautiful with a square cut whose corners are caught up in pretty silk rosettes made of the same fabric

Those medallions are formed form real gold metallic lame thread

1990s John Galliano for Christian Dior Fitted Check Dress designer-adrian The inner dress is aFrom the time period when John Galliano headed the house this is am gorgeous little dress from the main Dior line. It is a wonderful example of how he could be chic and subtle while still executing a sharply cut design. You often see a nod to the fifties and sixties in his work for Dior during this time period and never more so then here with this silhouette. It has that va voom fitted cut of the fifties and is meant to skim and highlight a girls