A sleeved cocktail dress of sapphire blue silk printed with a chiné style design of trailing flowers in deeper blue, with draped skirt, labelled Christian Dior Paris, Automne-Hiver 1957, stamped 090257, alterations; a hat of navy plaited straw with an extended peak on top of the crown, labelled Christian Dior Licence Chapeaux; a turban of dark brown and caramel coloured plaited raffia, labelled Christian Dior Chapeaux; and three other hats, dating from the 1950s (6)

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A sleeved cocktail dress of sapphire blue silk printed with a chiné style design of trailing flowers in deeper blue, with draped skirt, labelled Christian Dior Paris, Automne-Hiver 1957, stamped 090257, alterations; a hat of navy plaited straw with an extended peak on top of the crown, labelled Christian Dior Licence Chapeaux; a turban of dark brown and caramel coloured plaited raffia, labelled Christian Dior Chapeaux; and three other hats, dating from the 1950s (6)

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