Fall 1980 Christian Dior True Haute Couture Two Piece Silk & Silk Velvet Dress designer-maggy-rouff Her mother purchased it along

Her mother purchased it along with many of the other couture pieces I have had in the shop from this collection

Its a great example of his early work and looks to have never been worn

The halter part ties at the back of the neck

Following the scoop of the back is a silk chiffon train that flows down past the hem

in December of 1979

Fall 1980 Christian Dior True Haute Couture Two Piece Silk & Silk Velvet Dress designer-maggy-rouff Her mother purchased it alongThis gorgeous dress from the last years of Marc Bohan's grand career as head of Dior is from the Fall 1980 collection. In the book Dior; Catwalk, the notes on the fall collection state that the collection notes read that; "Bohan was inspired by 'Baroque fancies and pre Raphaelite chinoiserie'." and that "the designer created 'sinuous and subble bias cut evening dresses pleated 'a la Fortuny". This dress has the added provenance of having been photoed