1960s Dior Brown Wool Suit
Description
Brown wool boucle suit; belted short jacket with rolled collar, pleated skirt.
Skirt has five 1 5/8 box pleats on front and back opening at hip level.
Jacket long sleeves slightly gathered into buttoned cuff, assymetrical front closure that is angled and three 1 buttons and covered snaps at top and waist. Self fabric covered belt is held in position with thread loops at each side seam *and a thread loop at center front to hold stem of buckle in place.
Skirt has five 1 5/8 box pleats on front and back opening at hip level.
Jacket long sleeves slightly gathered into buttoned cuff, assymetrical front closure that is angled and three 1 buttons and covered snaps at top and waist. Self fabric covered belt is held in position with thread loops at each side seam *and a thread loop at center front to hold stem of buckle in place.
Source
HCT.2004.20.1a-c
Date
1960-1965
Provenance
Gift of Roberta Utterback.
Designer
Marc Bohan for Christian Dior
Fiber/Fabric Information
Wool
Decade
1960-1969
Color
Brown
Files
Collection
Citation
“1960s Dior Brown Wool Suit,” Fashion2Fiber, accessed April 23, 2024, https://fashion2fiber.osu.edu/items/show/5069.
Item Relations
| Item: Dior in Ohio: 1947-1997 | depicts | This Item |