Amazing 1970s Christian Dior Suede Swing Coat designer-oleg-cassini The shawl or portrait collar

The shawl or portrait collar is expansive and covers the entire shoulder - in notes for other shawled collared dress The Met comments "A full skirt balances a nipped waist or a portrait collar counteracts a fitted bodice in numerous examples of Dior's work"

The top slips on and buttons at the neck

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Fully lined in a matching silk and closes with a hidden set zipper and signature Chanel button at the back neck

The inner dress is made of a scarf weight silk and is a simple sheath dress with a easy cut

Amazing 1970s Christian Dior Suede Swing Coat designer-oleg-cassini The shawl or portrait collarLove this seventies suede Dior coat with its incredible swing cut. You can just see the mastery in the cut with that incredible back especially there is literally yards of fabric in it and yet is falls in those beautiful soft rounded pleats with no seam work holding them in place it naturally falls like that simply because of how it is cut! An achievement with mere fabric but more so with suede! The collar is incredible over sized and pointed, it is