Cavalier, suit
1948 {Flight (Envol) line, spring-summer 1948}
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty in memory of Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty, 2015
© Christian Dior Couture
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Christian Dior maintained that ‘the suit is without doubt the most important piece in the female wardrobe, for it is the best adapted to today’s lifestyle’. To this end, many of his collections feature ingenious examples of tailored day wear. Dior believed the suit to be capable of displaying just as much technical prowess and fashionable appeal as a daring cocktail dress or a dazzling evening gown.
Artwork Details
(b) 31.5 cm (waist, flat) 70.0 cm (centre back) (skirt)
label, centre back neckline, inscribed in pencil on white cotton ribbon: 6977
Purchased with funds donated by Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty in memory of Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty, 2015
© Christian Dior Couture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest