Spring 1959 Christian Dior Haute Couture Ivory & Silver Lace Dress designer-donald-brooks The way the pink panel

The way the pink panel is set at a curve gives the wearer height and leanness to balance the sheer amount of fabric in this

Item# DD2959

Great late seventies

This version would be considered demi-couture and special ordered based on the haute Couture runway version directly through Saks Fifth Avenue and once finished imported back into America

Spring 1959 Christian Dior Haute Couture Ivory & Silver Lace Dress designer-donald-brooks The way the pink panelThis exquisite spring 1959 Christian Dior Haute Couture dress was designed during Yves Saint Laurent tenure at the house. The dress is a one off piece and was a special commission ordered by socialite Patricia Lopez Huici de Lopez Willshaw. Patricia commissioned Yves Saint Laurent, the young head of Dior, to make her a party dress to attend a ball with Baron de Rede. It is truly one of a kind. There is no other like it that was ever made. It bear a