Monte Carlo
1956 {spring-summer}
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)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Linda Fisher Dora, 2016
© Christian Dior Couture
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
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
Accession Number
2016.360.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest