Vintage gown from Christian Dior dates to the 1960's and is made of black textured fabric. It features a one-shouldered, fitted bodice with an unusual zigzagged detailing. Full-len...

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1960s French Evening Gowns

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Christian Dior London velvet and taffeta mini evening dress. C.1960s

By Christian Dior

Located in London, GB

The French fashion house which dates back to the 1940s, has been providing customers all over the world with some of the most beautiful garments, whether it's a ready-to-wear dress f...

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1960s European Evening Dresses

Museum Quality 1958 Christian Dior Black Satin Evening Dress With Bow

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L 43 in

Museum Quality 1958 Christian Dior Black Satin Evening Dress With Bow

By Christian Dior

Located in London, UK

A rare and iconic 1958 Yves Saint-Laurent for Christian evening dress in black satin from the Automne-Hiver collection,. Yves Saint-Laurent was barely 21 when he took over as head...

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1950s French Ball Gowns

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Christian Dior, Dress with black leather trim, circa 1960

By Christian Dior

Located in London, GB

This is a Marc Bohan by Dior dress featuring high neck, feather, silver sequin and leather trim detail this dress is a perfect head-turning piece.

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1960s French Cocktail Dresses

Christian Dior London Black Lace Strapless Dress with Overblouse

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Christian Dior London Black Lace Strapless Dress with Overblouse

By Christian Dior

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A lovely cocktail dress from Christian Dior London. A strapless dress with ¾-sleeve over-blouse done in a black small-scale floral lace on nude net. Likely late 1950s/early 1960s. ...

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1960s British Cocktail Dresses

Christian Dior by John Galliano black lace and fur dress and robe, fw 1998

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Size: FR 40 - US 8 - UK 12

Christian Dior by John Galliano black lace and fur dress and robe, fw 1998

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in London, London

Christian Dior by John Galliano; Bias cut silk brocade evening maxi dress with spaghetti straps and lace trim around bust. 1930s style evening robe in matching silk brocade with lar...

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1990s French Evening Dresses and Gowns

Late 50s/Early 60s Black Chiffon and Satin Cocktail Dress By Dior-London

By Christian Dior

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sheer sophistication. Incredibly chic little black dress by the House of Dior circa late 50s/early 1960s. In chiffon with horizontal bands of satin - blousoned top with quarter sleev...

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1950s British Cocktail Dresses

Vintage Christian Dior Silk Dress

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Size: 38

Vintage Christian Dior Silk Dress

By Christian Dior

Located in Paris, FR

Vintage Christian Dior Mini Dress. This dress is 100% Silk. Backless and sleeveless. There is lace around the collar and at the bottom. Very nice draped at the waist. Size: Small...

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1990s French Cocktail Dresses

$3,975

S/S 1998 Christian Dior by John Galliano Black Metallic Crochet Knit Mini Dress

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Concord, NC

Christian Dior by John Galliano black metallic crochet knit mini dress from the Spring Summer 1999 collection. This dress features a metallic knitted fabric with a slight bit of shee...

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1990s Italian Mini Dresses

John Galliano black acetate evening slip dress, ss 1997

$9,180

Size: FR 36 - UK 8 - IT 40

John Galliano black acetate evening slip dress, ss 1997

By John Galliano

Located in London, GB

John Galliano black acetate evening slip dress with spaghetti straps and scoop neckline. Spring-Summer 1997

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1990s French Evening Dresses and Gowns

$14,149

Size: 8

John Galliano black viscose crêpe bias cut low back evening gown, fw 1988

By John Galliano

Located in London, GB

John Galliano black viscose crêpe bias cut evening gown, low cowl back with horizontal strap, zig-zag points to the sides and full skirt with flared godets to hem. 'Hairclips', Fall...

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1980s British Evening Dresses and Gowns

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$14,000

H 0.63 in W 2.88 in L 1.63 in

Cartier Gold Retro Box with Sapphire Clasp

By Cartier

Located in Darnestown, MD

Elegant 14 karat gold minaudiere by Cartier from the 1940's. This Retro piece has a double zig zag design on all surfaces. The clasp is a cabochon sapphire. The box measures 2 7/8 i...

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Vintage 1940s American Retro Boxes and Cases

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Sapphire, 14k Gold

Chanel 2005 Vintage Classic Flap Limited Edition PNY Jumbo Expandable Bag

$19,920

H 9.5 in W 12.25 in L 4.25 in

Chanel 2005 Vintage Classic Flap Limited Edition PNY Jumbo Expandable Bag

By Chanel

Located in Miami, FL

Chanel Paris New York PNY Jumbo Expandable Maxi Calfskin Flap Bag 2005 {VINTAGE 19 Years} Ruthenium hardware Diamond stitch calfskin aged leather Flap with CC turn lock Interior z...

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Early 2000s Italian Structured Shoulder Bags

1960's Jean Patou Bordeau Suede Coat Full Mink Lining

$1,365Sale Price|35% Off

Size: FR 10

1960's Jean Patou Bordeau Suede Coat Full Mink Lining

By Jean Patou

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Unusual Jean Patou bordeau suede whip stitched swing coat lined in honey colored mink from the 1960s. So cozy and stylish, this swing coat is perfect over anything to keep you warm i...

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1960s French Swing Coats

Size: IT 42

1997 DOLCE & GABBANA sheer black floral silk dress with bustier bodice

By Dolce & Gabbana

Located in San Fransisco, CA

Rare Spring/Summer 1997 Dolce & Gabbana silk dress in a romantic black floral print. Designed with a beautifully structured bustier bodice, delicate spaghetti straps, and a small...

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1990s Italian Cocktail Dresses

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Black Dior Evening Gown For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the vintage or contemporary black dior evening gown you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. If you’re looking for an option in Black and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in Gray, Brown and more. Making the right choice when shopping for a black dior evening gown may mean looking at versions that date from different eras — you can find early iterations from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. Making an accessory such as this has likely been a part of the legacy of many fashion designers, but those produced by Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior and John Galliano are consistently popular. Finding a black dior evening gown for sale for women should be easy, but there are 8 pieces available to browse for men as well.

How Much is a Black Dior Evening Gown?

On average, a black dior evening gown on 1stDibs sells for $2,345, while they’re typically $135 on the low end and $28,000 for the highest priced versions of this item.

Christian Dior for sale on 1stDibs

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.

Finding the Right Evening-dresses for You

With entire museum exhibitions dedicated to examining fashion designers and their creations, we’re finally recognizing that costuming is art. Evening dresses over time have conveyed specific statements about social class, position and beliefs. Fashion is a powerful means of self-expression, and sophisticated vintage evening dresses and gowns by our favorite couturier play no small role in making us feel wonderful but, perhaps more importantly, making us feel like ourselves.

In the 16th century, dresses and gowns were so important that England's Queen Elizabeth I defined rules about what dresses women could wear — guidance included long skirts and fitted bodices. Forward-thinking designers have responded to this history.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel reimagined traditionally masculine garments for feminine shapes, and her elegant evening dresses and gowns promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by layers of fabric. Christian Dior's gowns celebrated luxury and femininity in the late 1940s — and gave to women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of the war. French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent introduced innovative and highly coveted dress designs in the 1960s while at the same time challenging sexist stereotypes about which members of society could wear tuxedos.

Works by unconventional British designer John Galliano — featured in houses like Givenchy and Dior — redefined limits that dressmakers faced in terms of material, construction and vision during the late 20th century. From his embroidered absinthe-green Oscars gown for actress Nicole Kidman to the iconic sleeveless Dior newspaper dress that Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw made famous, Galliano’s intricate and multifaceted work is reliably collectible and newsworthy

Today’s designers target an increasingly broad audience with their boundary-crossing work, and their tendency to play off of each other’s ideas means that every walk down the runway is also a walk through an entire history of fashion design and dress craftsmanship.

Whether you gravitate toward backless maxi dresses or silk charmeuse gowns by Alexander McQueen or embellished, ruffled floral-print designs by Chloe or Versace, there is an extraordinary collection of vintage and designer evening dresses and gowns waiting for you on 1stDibs.

The V&A Takes a Fresh Look at the New Look’s Pioneering Progenitor, Christian Dior

Ballrooms, Bar Suits and British royals — in a sweeping exhibition, the London museum looks back on 70 years of the French fashion house, as well as its illustrious founder and his fondness for the United Kingdom.