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Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo
 1956 {spring-summer}

Medium
silk (faille), cotton (tulle), metal (zip)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Linda Fisher Dora, 2016
© Christian Dior Couture
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

‘A collection must be built up with a fairly small number of ideas – a dozen at most. One has to know how to vary them … assert them, enforce them. From these ten or twelve ideas the whole collection is constructed.’ – Christian Dior

Created to mimic the dynamic line of the arrow, this deceptively simple dress incorporates a high waist, simple bodice and streamlined skirt panel to reassert an upward motion.

Artwork Details

Medium
silk (faille), cotton (tulle), metal (zip)
Measurements
(a) 100.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 65.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist flat) (petticoat)
Accession Number
2016.360.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Linda Fisher Dora, 2016
© Christian Dior Couture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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