Christian Dior Haute Couture Jacket and Skirt with Toile, Spring/Summer 2007

In a collection inspired by Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton’s affair with the teenage Madame Butterfly, the runway presentation for Spring 2007 resulted in New Look interpretations of Japanese dress, and culminated in Galliano himself attired as a swashbuckling naval officer. A collection as complicated and venerated as Puccini’s opera itself, Galliano achieved heights in his construction and technique through architectural folds nodding to origami. Described by Sarah Mower as a ‘return to form,’ Galliano ‘Dior-ified kimonos, obis, and geisha makeup,’ lifting the collection to an ‘extraordinary place of brilliance.’

The twenty-five lots of Dior haute couture in this auction (Lots 46-70) represent the work of nearly every creative director at the House of Dior.

This lot includes a haute couture jacket and skirt with a toile of the haute couture jacket.

The jacket and skirt are made of a hand-painted silk featuring a circular design with flora and fauna. The jacket is cut with a fold-over front, long sleeves and a darker band of silk that crosses at the center back waistline. The long skirt closes at the waistband with hooks and eyes and a zipper.
Label: Christian Dior Paris

Size Label: Not sized

Style/Serial No.: 33859

Toile
The white fabric toile is made from the same pattern as the jacket and features pen/ink marks to denote the sewing pattern. There is no skirt with the jacket toile. The measurements of the toile follow the measurements of the jacket.

Jacket

Approximate Measurements:

Shoulders: 14"

Chest: 34"

Waist: 38'

Hips: 40"

Length (high shoulder point to hem): 22.5"

Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 32"

Skirt
Label: Christian Dior Haute Couture Paris

Size Label: Not sized

Style/Serial No.: 33860

Approximate Measurements:

Waist: 31"

Hips: 37"

Length (side waist band to hem): 40.5"

Property from a Private Collection, Arlington, Virginia

This lot is located in Chicago.