1960s Christian Dior Brilliant Gold Lamé Wrapped Turban w Faux Knotted Front
By Christian Dior
Located in Gresham, OR
1960s Christian Dior Brilliant Gold Lamé Wrapped Turban w Faux Knotted Front: A gorgeous gold liquid lamé laminated jersey turban hat, striated fabric over a solid cap for structure.
1970s Vintage Christian Dior Gold Silk Lamé Cheongsam Dress by Marc Bohan
By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
70s Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Gold Silk Lamé Cheongsam long sleeve cocktail dress. - mandarin collar - frogs buttons - silk lamé velvet Fit size 6/8
1980s Christian Dior gold lamé Cheongsam inspired wrap dress
By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Chic 1980s Christian Dior gold lamé cheongsam inspired wrap dress with black velvet cuff and frog fastener.
Christian Dior Turban
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior gold lame turban with gold "fishnet" overlay and pearl jeweled embellishment.
1960s Christian Dior Brilliant Gold Lamé Wrapped Turban w Faux Knotted Front
By Christian Dior
Located in Gresham, OR
1960s Christian Dior Brilliant Gold Lamé Wrapped Turban w Faux Knotted Front: A gorgeous gold liquid lamé laminated jersey turban hat, striated fabric over a solid cap for structure.
Christian Dior 1980s Lamé Liquid Gold Long Sleeve Dress with front slit
By Christian Dior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevate your evening with this exquisite 1980s Christian Dior creation, a masterpiece that seamlessly blends Eastern elegance with haute couture sophistication.
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Size: 38 (Fr) 6 (Us) S ( small waist)
Gold lamé bustier evening dress with bow John Galliano for Christian Dior
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Gold lamé bustier evening dress with bow. Main fabric composition: 54% metal, 46% silk. Silk lining. Boned Tulle cotton bustier with zip in the middle back. Button covered with lamé ...
Christian Dior vintage 1990s liquid gold silk lame draped bustier & skirt set
By Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferré for Christian Dior
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Spectacular Christian Dior by Gianfranco Ferre vintage museum-worthy collector's item. Draped bustier top with attached bow and an envelope draped skirt. Made in a mix of 74% silk an...
Christian Dior Draped Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior subtle, liquid, gold lame, jersey, cocktail dress, having spaghetti straps and center front and back draping detail.
1950s Christian Dior Gold Lame Avant Garde Rare Vintage 50s Turban Hat
By Christian Dior
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare vintage 1950s CHRISTIAN DIOR gold lame Avant Garde turban hat! So much detail on this demi couture piece.
Christian Dior Gold Lame Turban
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior, draped and pleated, gold lame Turban.
Christian Dior Gold Lame and Multicolored Dress, 1950s
By Christian Dior
Located in Austin, TX
1950s Christian Dior multi colored printed dress with gold lame.
Christian Dior Chiffon and Gold Lame 70's Dress
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior, gold lame floral pattern, on silk chiffon, bias cut midi dress having a V neckline and halter like bodice.
Christian Dior Gold & Black Chiffon and Lame Scarf
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior's elegant black & gold scarf is of gold lame and black silk chiffon.
Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Metallic Gold Lamé Pleated Pencil Skirt
By Christian Dior
Located in Sparks, NV
Shiny metallic gold lamé pleated pencil skirt by Christian Dior circa 1980s.
Christian Dior Boutique S/S Orange and Gold Lamé Bohemian Gown, 1968
By Christian Dior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christian Dior Boutique S/S 1968 'Byzantine' collection by Marc Bohan.
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Size: Equivalent French Size 38
French Couture Evening Dress in Gold and Silver Fuschia Lamé Circa 1968
By Christian Dior
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1968 Paris France A Couture long evening dress without label in gold and silver lamé on fuschia silk satin background from the years 1968/1970. Designer houses Dior, Yves Sai...
Vintage 1963 Christian Dior Gold Lamé & Textured Wool Documented Dress Suit
By Christian Dior, Marc Bohan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Breathtaking Christian Dior designer documented ensemble dating back to Fall-Winter 1963. The House of Dior has been an enduring icon of haute couture. When the talented Marc Bohan t...
Christian Dior Gold Lame Pleated Maxi Skirt M
By Christian Louboutin
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This elegant skirt is worth adding to your closet! Crafted from fine materials, it is exquisitely designed into a flattering shape.
$995
Size: Small - Medium
Amazing Vintage Escada by Margaretha Ley Leather Suede Color Block Bomber Jacket
By Escada Margaretha Ley, Escada
Located in San Diego, CA
Amazing vintage ESCADA by MARGARETHA LEY suede and leather color block bomber jacket! Features suede patches in vibrant colors of purple and blue, intertwined with soft gold leather....
1950s Flo-Raye Black Egret Feather Cartwheel Hat w/ Velvet Structured Crown
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Flo-Raye Black Egret Feather Cartwheel Hat w/ Velvet Structured Crown: Spiral curled feathers encircle a structured cap, jutting out to create a halo effect. One Size.
LES HABITUDES 90's Vintage Couture Beaded Silk Bridal Gown Wedding Dress Gloves
By Eavis & Brown
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Les Habitudes / Eavis & Brown Couture created, entirely hand-made in a London atelier Wedding gown with matching gloves Vintage 1990's Heavy 100% ivory/taupe silk Iridescent glas...
1990s Karl Lagerfeld Vintage Teal Blue Soft Angora Wool + Alpaca Trench Coat
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Sparks, NV
Amazing teal blue vintage coat by Karl Lagerfeld in a heavy wool, alpaca and angora blend. Oversized fit with notched lapels, thick sleeve cuffs and triangular patch pockets. Comes w...
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Bally Astara Crocodile Embossed Leather Pencil Miniskirt
By Bally
Located in PUTNEY, NSW
This Bally Astara pencil miniskirt is crafted from crocodile-embossed leather with a sleek, form-fitting silhouette. A concealed back zip closure completes the design. Banded waist B...
Valentino 2000s Size 6 Black Silk Lace Cut-Out Sequin Evening Gown Dress
By Valentino
Located in San Diego, CA
Sexy, yet classic early 2000s VALENTINO black silk and lace cut-out evening gown ! Features a tailored bodice with black lace sequin cut-out detail with rhinestone encrusted buckle a...
Burgundy silk chiffon draped evening dress Circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Burgundy silk chiffon draped evening dress. Zip closure on the middle back. Silk satin slip dress lining. SIZE: XXS
Outrageous 1950s Maria Pia Cream & Black Turkey Feather Hat w Black Tulle Crown
Located in Gresham, OR
Outrageous 1950s Maria Pia Cream & Black Turkey Feather Hat w Black Tulle Crown: So full of life and pluck! A fabulous Holly Golightly-worthy showpiece! Lush, plush and luxuri...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Couture Numbered Fully Embellished Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montgomery, TX
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Couture Numbered Embellished Jacket Label Number - 55801. Colors - Purple, Red, Black. Hand Embellished with Beads and Sequins. Black Velvet Collar. Decora...
1960s Christian Dior Chapeaux Multicolor Rhinestone Beaded Black Patent Hat
By Christian Dior
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a fabulous black vintage Christian Dior beaded turban-style hat. From the 1960s, this hat is covered in red and black beads and is the perfect chic addition to any wardrob...
1950 Christian Dior Chapeaux Black Feather Turban W/ Velvet Applique Details
By Christian Dior
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Christian Dior Chapeaux black feather tufted turban with velvet triangle applique details. Satin band and a tulle structured crown are covered in applied feathers and velvet st...
1920s Silver Cobweb Lame Flapper Culottes Dress
Located in London, GB
Tailored to a classic 1920s drop-waist silhouette, this is a rare surviving culottes dress from the earlier part of the flapper era and our oldest ever jumpsuit design! This antique ...
Worn in Sex and The City 2, Iconic John Galliano Christian Dior Newsprint Dress
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Being offered is the Iconic John Galliano for Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 2000-2001 Newsprint Dress WORN by Sarah Jessica Parker and lent by Vintage Luxury N.Y. for Sex and the Cit...
Spectacular 1960s Jack McConnell Pheasant Feather Cloche Hat w Huge Tail Feather
By Jack McConnell, Jack McConnell New York
Located in Gresham, OR
Spectacular 1960s Jack McConnell Pheasant Feather Cloche Hat w Huge Tail Feathers: A dramatic look from an iconic milliner. Wool felt body covered completely in pheasant hackle fea...
Turquoise blue silk wrapped top ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER
By Alexandre Vauthier
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Turquoise blue silk wrapped top. Elastic band on the sleeve bottom edge . size 36/ S
Ossie Clark 1970s Vintage Ivory Jacquard Maxi Dress, Size S-L
By Ossie Clark
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This vintage 1970s Bohemian Ossie Clark ivory rayon jacquard maxi dress is exceptional. The rayon jacquard fabric is super soft and quite heavy. Although many Ossie Clark dresses wou...
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.
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