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Evening dress and evening glove by Dior, silk taffeta, 1954. Indianapolis Museum of Art. Natalie Wood (center, with Tab Hunter) and Louella Parsons wear ballerina-length evening dresses at the Academy Awards, 1956. With his revolutionary New Look, Christian Dior wrote a new chapter in the history of fashion.
English: Christian Dior evening ensemble, "Zémire," H Line, Fall-Winter 1954. Red cellulose acetate satin. Red cellulose acetate satin. Ballgown skirt, separate bodice, long jacket, and petticoat with white boned corset bodice and red crinoline skirt.
Mainbocher is a fashion label founded by the American couturier Main Rousseau Bocher (October 24, 1890 – December 27, 1976), also known as Mainbocher (pronounced "Maine-Bow-Shay" [1]). Established in 1929, the house of Mainbocher successfully operated in Paris (1929–1939), and then in New York (1940–1971). [2]
[2] Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War II. After the war, he founded and established the Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In 1947, the collection debuted featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt.
It fell out of style by the end of the 19th century, but re-emerged in the 1930s, to appear in evening gowns during the 1930s and 1940s. It was fully revived in tea-length designs in 1947 by Christian Dior's New Look couture collection. The style remained very popular at calf or ankle length throughout the 1950s. [1]
[3] [7] This was Dior's intention, as he aimed to "mark a departure" from the simplistic fashions of wartime years. [7] The raffia elements were in line with trends of the 1950s, with the dress embodying Dior's New Look, which reintroduced feminine features and voluminous skirts in a post-World War II era.
The gown was the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent. [4] Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time, demanding $60 per hour when most of the top models were receiving only around $25 per hour. She became known as the "Dollar-a-Minute Girl." [1] [5]
In 2010, a record price of £719,000 was achieved at Christie's for a unique seven-foot-high print of model Dovima, posing in a Christian Dior evening dress with elephants from the Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, in 1955. This particular print, the largest of this image, was made in 1978 for Avedon's fashion retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of ...