1959 Dior Boutique Blue/White Cocktail Dress

Dior blue and white flower print organdy dress; very full dirndl skirt; surplice wrap fitted bodice; low V-neckline in front, low round in back; sleeveless with bows on shoulders; back closure: self-fabric buttons center back; matching sash; light blue taffeta and white net petticoat.

HCT.1965.4.2a-c

1959

This dress belonged to Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone Jr. Born Elizabeth Parke in Decatur, Illinois in 1897 she was the daughter of Guy James Parke and Gertrude Chambers Parke. As a girl she attended Leed's School in England and Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Miss Wheeler's School in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1921, Elizabeth married Harvey S. Firestone Jr., the heir to the The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. They lived in Akron, Ohio and Newport, Rhode Island. Each year Mrs. Firestone traveled to Paris to purchase her clothes directly from designers and during the 1950s she was nominated for The Couture Group of the New York Dress Institute Inc.'s Best Dressed Women's list several times. Mrs. Firestone passed away in October, 1990 at the age of 93.

Christian Dior

1950-1959