Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand It ends about mid thigh

It ends about mid thigh and would completely work as a mini if you dared

This is from the Spring of 1961

Item# DD2789

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

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

Important Fall 1958 Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Deep Blue Silk Evening Coat designer-alfred-bosand It ends about mid thighThe 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,