Ensemble the A-line wedding dress worn by Miss de Havilland upon her marriage to Pierre Galante, comprising a two-piece A-line dress with matching belt and three-quarter length double breasted coat of iron grey flannel, by Staton, with a spray of artificial lily-of-the valley in the button hole - labelled Christian Dior, Paris, Printemps-Ete 1955 stamped 52313

Details

Ensemble <> the A-line wedding dress worn by Miss de Havilland upon her marriage to Pierre Galante, comprising a two-piece A-line dress with matching belt and three-quarter length double breasted coat of iron grey flannel, by Staton, with a spray of artificial lily-of-the valley in the button hole - labelled Christian Dior, Paris, Printemps-Ete 1955 stamped 52313

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Literature

Exhibited

Hommage a Christian Dior 1947 - 1957, Musee des Arts de la Mode, 1987, no. 104.

Lot Essay

Illustrated French Vogue (cover) by Eric, March, 1955;
L'Officiel de la Couture, March 1955,p78
Harpers BazaarMarch, 1955 p. 134;
Paris Match (cover) No. 315, 9-16 April 1955.
There is also a photograph of a copy of this dress in flecked wool by John French, in In Fashion by Prudence Glynn and Madeleine Ginsburg, 1978 , plate 17.p 43

Sold with a photograph of Miss de Havilland wearing the suit

Lot Essay

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