Marilyn
1959 {1960 line, autumn-winter 1959–60}
Medium
silk (taffeta), metal (fastenings)
Measurements
86.5 cm (centre back) 30.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
By 1959, suggestions of the future became apparent in Yves Saint Laurent’s collections. Clothing was less demure, hemlines were higher, and silhouettes were often elongated and flattened. Encapsulating this idea, the aptly named Marilyn, from the 1960 collection, possesses a lithe and sensuous line that is accentuated by the dropped waistline and textural effects produced by horizontal ruching.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
label, right side seam, woven in black on white silk: PRINTEMPS—ETE 1960/Christian Dior/PARIS=
Accession Number
2017.120
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