1960s Christian Dior Cobalt Tulle & Black Feather Beehive Turban Hat
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Dimensions:Marked Size: Medium (US)
- Style:Beehive (Of the Period)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Gresham, OR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509279952
Christian Dior
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Gresham, OR
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- 1960 Mr. John Jr. Cobalt Blue Velvet Figural Turban HatBy Mr. JohnLocated in Gresham, ORA beautiful 1960s Mr. John Jr. turban hat in a pleated cobalt blue base with figured multicolor velvet. Size medium.Category
1960s American Hats
- 1950s Cobalt Blue Ostrich Feather Fringe Pillbox HatLocated in Gresham, ORA fabulous 1950s-early 1960s pill box hat from The Woodward Shops covered entirely with lush cobalt blue ostrich feathers with a button-like swirl at center top. Base constructed of ...Category
1950s American Hats
- 1960s Azure Blue Hubert de Givenchy Velour Fur Felt Mod Bubble Hat W/ BowBy GivenchyLocated in Gresham, ORA beautiful 1960s Hubert de Givenchy Mod bubble hat in azure blue fur velour hat with a large fixed bow at back and tucks at front of crown.Category
1960s French Hats
- 1940s Leslie James Navy Blue Felt Tilt Hat w Large Pink Ostrich PlumesBy Leslie JamesLocated in Gresham, OR1940s Leslie James Navy Blue Felt Tilt Hat w Large Pink Ostrich Plumes: An unusual tilt hat by the famed milliner Leslie James features and lush ostrich plume and contoured double s...Category
1940s American Hats
- 1950s Ballet Large Shooting Star Rhinestone & Pearl Brooch and Earring SetLocated in Gresham, ORA striking and unusual 1950s Ballet Brand brooch and earring set: Brooch is quite large and designed in the iconic 50s "Atomic" style with clear and gunmetal color rhinestones as wel...Category
1950s American Hats
- 1940s Black Felt Peaked-Front Hat w Large Sapphire Blue Velvet Flower & NettingLocated in Gresham, OR1940s Black Felt Peaked-Front Hat w Large Sapphire Blue Velvet Flower & Netting: Union label inside, no maker. Fits up to size 22.Category
1940s American Hats
- Rare Vintage 60's CHRISTIE Couture Silk Scarf HatLocated in Georgetown, MERare Vintage 60's CHRISTIE Couture Blue & Turquoise Silk Scarf Hat! Very Jackie O! These Christie pieces are very hard to find and I was only ab...Category
1960s Hats
- auth PRADA blue Striped Satin FLORAL EMBROIDERED HeadbandBy PradaLocated in Zürich, CH100% authentic Prada striped satin headband in blue and white with red, rose, green and yellow flower embroidery. Has been worn and is in excellent condi...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Hats
- 1970s Deborah Teal/Green rabbit Hat with Black Topstitch and Faux Leather BandBy DeborahLocated in San Francisco, CA1970s Teal/Green rabbit felt hat with black topstitch along the brim and across one side of the top. Black faux leather band and bow and a shaped crownCategory
1970s Hats
- Vintage Blue Hat with Grossgrain RibbonLocated in London, GBA head turning hat in a wonderful royal blue colour. The hat has an interesting fold detail , and ribbon trim. Height 7''Category
1970s Unknown Hats
- Art Deco French Comb with Green and Blue PastesLocated in New York, NYElaborate Art Deco French openwork celluloid comb with green and blue pastes from the 1930's. Amazing colorations. France 1930's. Excellent condition. ...Category
Early 20th Century French Hats
- Elaborate French Art Deco Paste CombLocated in New York, NYFine French Art Deco Paste Comb made in France in the 1930's. Clear celluloid is overlaid with a vibrant turquoise celluloid which is incised an...Category
1930s French Hats
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Too Soon for the Return of ’90s Fashion? As If
There's a renewed appreciation for the era's aesthetic, perhaps most notably among millennials seeking authentic, easy style.
14 Iconic Luxury Handbags and the Stories behind Them
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.