Fall 1961 Silk Brocade Christian Dior Silk Numbered Coat designer-yuki Cape width across body: 25"

Cape width across body: 25" flat across from side seam to side seam

This particular dress is unusual and is also impeccably constructed

whose blossoms are further emphasizes by an applied velvet layer

It is important to note that those beautiful curves are created solely through the placement of the lace using the grain of the fabric and the cut to create this

white and blue shells scattered over its surface

Fall 1961 Silk Brocade Christian Dior Silk Numbered Coat designer-yuki Cape width across body: 25"This wonderful little silk coat is from the London Boutique and is numbered making it a custom or special order. This would have been based on the Dior Haute Couture collection. You can clearly see the same, unique button technique in the several refernce photos included here. The Fall of 1961 marked the end to Yves Saint Laurent's career at Dior and the beginning of Marc Bohan's nineteen year reign at the house of Christian Dior. His first show was a