Documented Spring 1966 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Haute Couture Raspberry Fuchsia Shift Dress designer-mary-quant Boxed and guaranteed authentic

Boxed and guaranteed authentic

I see extremely minor pin-top sized areas of flaking to the vinyl in a very few teeny areas with some minor grubbiness to the vinyl and near the neckline inside

unworn condition and truly a little beauty

The shape is perfectly twenties with a loose body that is brought in at each side of the hem by a series of silk covered buttons and loops

unstretched to about 23"

Documented Spring 1966 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Haute Couture Raspberry Fuchsia Shift Dress designer-mary-quant Boxed and guaranteed authenticThe Spring 1966 Dior collection was inspired by a recent trip to Mexico by the then Creative Director Marc Bohan. In the book 'Dior: Catwalk' the notes for this collection include a quote from the New York Times that said; "Fuchsia is the preferred colour and appears throughout the collection, accompanied by acid green, intense yellow, bright pink and deep purple" Besides the many caftan silhouettes in this collection a young Barbra Streisand was