Documented Spring 1961 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan 'Slim Line' Haute Couture Debut Silk Jacket & Skirt Suit designer-geoffrey-beene The dress is fully lined

The dress is fully lined in a high grade black tissue silk except for the sleeves which are unlined

Reference photo: Andre Courreges Haute Couture Spring 1973

A built in cup sits inside the bodice for coverage

and is just so unusual

It has a very YSL feel to it so you are getting a lot of style for your buck

Documented Spring 1961 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan 'Slim Line' Haute Couture Debut Silk Jacket & Skirt Suit designer-geoffrey-beene The dress is fully linedThis is an incredible set that is extra special because it is from the debut Haute Couture collection of Marc Bohan. It has the added province of being documented which is sometimes not easy to find with these very early pieces. The book Dior, Catwalk talks about the reaction to this first collection by Bohan; "Thundering applause, led by the Duchess of Windsor, rolled through the elegant grey and white salons of the House of Dior, the happy ending to