(Zerline), evening dress
1957 {Spindle (Fuseau) line, autumn-winter 1957–58}
Medium
silk (tafetta), tulle, metal (fastening)
Measurements
113.0 cm (centre back) 33.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift’s Program, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Zerline is a key work from Christian Dior’s final collection. Incorporating skilfully arranged crisp silk taffeta in jet black with a dramatic shawl collar to frame the wearer’s décolletage, Dior completes the look with an oversized black silk rose corsage. Zerline proves again how central the use of black in all its forms has been to the creation of magnificent Dior designs.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Accession Number
2017.596
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