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Designer
Saint Laurent, Yves
Saint Laurent, Yves (b. Oran, Algeria, 1936 - d. Paris, France, 2008) Head designer for the House of Dior 1958-1960.
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Christian Dior (Firm)
Christian Dior New York Inc., the New York branch of the House of Dior. Designs originally done by the House in Paris, France, and after 1961 by designers working for the branches.
Designer
Christian Dior (Firm)
House of Dior, founded 1947 by Christian Dior. After 1958, various designers acted as head designers, including Yves Saint Laurent (1958-1960).
Retailers
Neiman-Marcus
Neiman-Marcus Co. (USA) (est. 1907 in Dallas, Texas, USA, by Herbert Marcus, Carrie Marcus-Neiman, and Al Neiman)
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Cocktail dress of beige wool crepe with faux black Astrakhan.
Notes
This object was part of the Dallas Museum of Fashion collection. Founded in 1960 by the Fashion Group, Inc. of Dallas, the collection comprised important items of historic and current fashion. It was housed in the Apparel Mart, Dallas, and operated as the Dallas Museum of Fashion from 1960 until 1971. It moved to what was then North Texas State University in 1972, and became the Texas Fashion Collection.
The below-knee-length dress has a slight cowl neckline and bloused effect on the bodice and short sleeves. The full skirt is cartridge pleated into a wide band of black wool faux Astrakhan at slightly dropped waist. Dress has center back zipper on lining, connecting to outside of dress at waistline; blouse portion closes at center back with 8 covered snaps and 3 hook-and-eyes on neckline. Lined in cream organdy. Designer's label at center back seam: "Christian Dior - New York, Inc." Retailer's label to left of designer's label: "Neiman-Marcus" Union label on side of seam opposite retailer's label.
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Texas Fashion Collection
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