Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Really a fantastic coat and

Really a fantastic coat and highly collectible - you definitely do not come by a fifties coat in this kind of color every day

Another sits under the buttons - but when worn these all look like smooth panels

It is extraordinarily lovely and wearable with care

Brilliant floral print chiffon

The neckline is scooped and the neckline has triangular flags of chiffon that float over it

Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Really a fantastic coat andDior's final collection for the house in the Fall of 1957 was the "Ligne Fuseau" or Spindle Line and I am extremely pleased to present this extremely well documented and important coat from the collection. The collection notes said of the presentation: "The new silhouette for the day can so to speak be inscribed within two brackets ( ) of the spindle line. Encased between these two curves, this line owes its elegance above all to its lengthening