Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Item# D419

Item# D419

Fully lined in a pale pink silky rayon and closes with a back painted metal zipper

Another sits under the buttons - but when worn these all look like smooth panels

Brilliant floral print chiffon

You could reverse this if you needed a smaller waistline

Documented 1957 Christian Dior Haute Couture Silk Monkey Print Coat designer-stavropoulos Item# D419Dior's final collection for the house in the Fall of 1957 was the "Ligne Fuseau" or Spindle Line and I am extremely pleased to present this extremely well documented and important coat from the collection. The collection notes said of the presentation: "The new silhouette for the day can so to speak be inscribed within two brackets ( ) of the spindle line. Encased between these two curves, this line owes its elegance above all to its lengthening